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Mountain hike for climate protection
by zopemaster — published Aug 27, 2009 — last modified Jul 07, 2021 01:15 AM — filed under: , , , , ,
On 15 August 2009, some seventy hikers went up to the Goldbergkees glacier on the Hoher Sonnblick in Salzburg/A to draw attention to the impacts of global climate change.
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Mountains in the Mediterranean Region Project presented at the IUCN Congress
by zopemaster — published Dec 02, 2004 — last modified Jul 07, 2021 01:04 AM — filed under: , , , ,
Italy's Environment Minister presented the Mountains in the Mediterranean Region Project at the IUCN Congress held in Bangkok from 17 to 25 November.
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New hypothesis on deep erosion in high mountain regions
by zopemaster — published Nov 06, 2008 — last modified Jul 07, 2021 01:18 AM — filed under: , , , ,
Researchers in the south-east of the Tibetan plateau have found that the moraine dams created during glacier fluctuations have over the millennia helped to slow down the erosion effect of large rivers known as downcutting.
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New publication: Mountain Biodiversity and Climate Change
by zopemaster — published Aug 27, 2009 — last modified Jul 07, 2021 01:15 AM — filed under: , , , ,
On the basis of papers presented at the International Mountain Biodiversity Conference held in Kathmandu/NP in November 2008, the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) has published a brochure on biodiversity in mountain landscapes and climate change.
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Oh...!
by zopemaster — published Aug 23, 2013 — last modified Jul 07, 2021 01:08 AM — filed under: , , ,
… The Swiss Alpine Club (SAC) is this year celebrating its 150th anniversary and has got Mother Nature to build it a table of snow and ice at an altitude of 2,700 metres.
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Revue de géographie alpine - Journal of Alpine Research
by zopemaster — last modified Jul 07, 2021 01:12 AM — filed under: , , ,
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Rhône Glacier to melt away by 2100
by zopemaster — published Nov 06, 2008 — last modified Jul 07, 2021 01:18 AM — filed under: , , , ,
Scientists at the Écoles Polytechniques Fédérales de Lausanne/CH and Zurich/CH have used complex computer simulations to predict that the Rhône Glacier in the Canton of Valais/CH will have disappeared by 2100.
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Slip rate variations on normal faults during glacial-interglacial changes in surface loads
by zopemaster — last modified Jul 07, 2021 01:10 AM — filed under: , , ,
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Solving the paradox of the end of the Little Ice Age in the Alps
by zopemaster — last modified Jul 07, 2021 01:10 AM — filed under: , , ,
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Still little research into permafrost
by zopemaster — published Aug 12, 2004 — last modified Jul 07, 2021 01:04 AM — filed under: , ,
During a six-year experimental series Reynold Delaloye, geographer at Fribourg University/CH, has found that permafrost reacts less sensitively to warming than was previously assumed, with no change noted in soil temperature at greater depths. He attributes his findings to a cooling ventilation mechanism that sets in in winter.
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