What are thermokarst lakes? Why is it critical to monitor permafrost? And how do we monitor the temperature of Ground Surface Temperature (GST)? Geographer Raul Serban provides us with answers he’s gleaned from his research: from the Tibetan Plateau in China's Qinghai Province to the Alps. Spoiler alert: a forecasting model is being developed in the Mazia Valley that could have worldwide implications.

What are thermokarst lakes and why soil warming should worry us even more than air warming

Earth's swan song 

Qualche ora di pioggia purtroppo non fa la differenza. La prolungata siccità in Alto Adige e in tutto il Nord Italia è preoccupante. Ma quanto la situazione è davvero estrema? E questa siccità è in qualche modo collegata con il cambiamento climatico? Le nostre esperte ed esperti hanno fatto alcune riflessioni in proposito.

Un inverno difficile per l’Alto Adige

Poca neve, poca pioggia e troppo caldo

Snow defines the winter landscape, provides vital water resources for ecosystems and agriculture and creates jobs.
But climate change is threatening snow. How has snow changed in South Tyrol and the rest of the Alps? What is expected in the future and what will the consequences be?


Developements and effects in South Tyrol and the Alps

Snow

Adaptation South Tyrol

RETURN - multi-Risk sciEnce for resilienT commUnities undeR a changiNg climate 

Snowtinel: Sentinel-1 SAR assisted catchment hydrology: toward an improved snow-melt dynamics for alpine regions.

Modelling ground surface TEMPerature LINKed to remote sensing land surface temperature in mountain environments

Alpine Drought Observatory

Data Platform and Sensing Technologies for Environmental Sensing LAB

Eco-Hydrology of alpine watersheds

Monitoring key environmental parameters in the alpine environment involving science, technology and application 1.5

Improve the Science of Processes within the Cryosphere by Integrating Hydrological Modelling with Remote Sensing in a Multi-Level Data Fusion Approach - a Contribution to Cryosphere Monitoring in the EUREGIO Region

Long-term (socio-)ecological research in the open air laboratory Matsch/Mazia

Monitoring key environmental parameters in the alpine environment involving science, technology and application

An innovative framework for the Integration of multi-source data to determine soil moisture and evapotranspiration at high resolution in Alpine regions

Giacomo Bertoldi

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Earth's swan song

Snow

Poca neve, poca pioggia e troppo caldo

Giacomo Bertoldi

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MAGAZINE Science Stories that Inspire

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Earth's swan song

Snow

Poca neve, poca pioggia e troppo caldo