Surreal. July 19, 2003 - just four days after the big rockfall on the Hoernliridge I climbed Matterhorn for the first time. And then we thought it looks exceptionally barren and dry but in reality the Zmutt Rigde was still fully ice covered...
Jan Beutel
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Passionate about mountains, cryosphere, natural hazards and technology to help with all that adaptation before us, professor @uniinnsbruck, UIAGM mountain guide
Across the entire European Alps large high-alpine mass movements are increasing. Check out the Observational Seismic Catalog of Alpine Rockfalls (OSCAR) to dive into the details. If you have data to contribute, contact us: oscar.uibk.ac.at
As temperatures rise it is not only glaciers that react to climate change in high-mountain areas. Snow and ice melting away create completely new landscapes. What was long covered is now laying bare. [1/3]
Wegen der hohen Temperaturen ist die Steinschlaggefahr am Matterhorn erhöht. Bergführerinnen und Bergführer fordern nun eine Besuchergrenze. www.srf.ch/news/schweiz...
Hitzewelle: Wenn Touristen am Matterhorn zur Gefahr werden
Wegen der hohen Temperaturen ist die Steinschlaggefahr am Matterhorn erhöht. Bergführer fordern nun eine Besuchergrenze.
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The Matterhorn is just bare, hot rock, temperatures at Solvay 4000 m asl are way up in the positive range for over a month with no cooling in sight. Where will this take us?
Wer im heute Abend noch nichts vor hat... tt.com/go/30922042
Experten diskutieren Naturgefahren und Kraftwerksausbau im Kaunertal | Tiroler Tageszeitung Online
Die Veranstaltung bringt renommierte Wissenschaftler, lokale Entscheidungsträger und Projektverantwortliche zusammen, um über die Herausforderungen zu diskutieren, mit denen das Kaunertal konfrontiert...
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This article about mountain and cryospheric hazards, featuring quotes from @davepetley.bsky.social @matthias-huss.bsky.social @janbeutel.bsky.social and others was published a few months ago, but is still very relevant 🧪⚒️ www.cnn.com/2025/06/07/c...
Mountains are among the planet’s most beautiful places. They’re also becoming the deadliest | CNN
These majestic landscapes have always been dangerous, but as the world warms, mountains are becoming much more unpredictable — and the world is unprepared.
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Super stoked our Matterhorn-Tower-Collapse paper is finally out @egu-esurf.bsky.social. Read all about what it takes to be able to now compute in simulation how thawing and fluid water availability influences real rock slope instabilities at high altitude: doi.org/10.5194/esur...
Tirol und das Wallis diskutieren um die gleiche Vision: Mehr Wasserkraft aus den Bergen. Aber voneinander Wissen und Lernen ist bisher Fehlanzeige. #kaunertal #gornerli
ORF Report@orfreport.bsky.social · 10mo agoTirol: Das Platzertal soll einem Stausee weichen - saubere Energie gegen unberührte Natur. Ein Zielkonflikt, heute im #Report.
Check out the great lineup of speakers for our workshop tomorrow "The avalanche disaster in Blatten" where first insights and science results will be discussed. THU 18.09.2024 08:30-12:00h at IMC'25 in Innsbruck: imc2025.info/imc25/sessio... #blatten #rockfall #permafrost #glaciers
#IMC25 - The avalanche disaster in Blatten
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🌡️ Der #Permafrost in den Schweizer #Alpen war 2024 so warm wie noch nie – das zeigen die neuesten Daten des Beobachtungsnetzwerks #PERMOS. Diese Veränderungen werden sich auch in den kommenden Jahren und Jahrzehnten fortsetzen ➡️ scnat.ch/de/id/WbQd9 #Klima #Klimawandel
After a full day of non stop interviews on rockfall, glaciers, permafrost and Valais natural hazard management it’s nice to end the day in a peaceful mountain setting. Why is it that despite how many times you explain that rocks fall because of this climate thingy they still put it in the headlines?
Another magnitude 1.0 event was registered yesterday at 2025-05-29 12:34 in #Blatten. In the line of the 15 events registered over the past two weeks this one parks in at a moderate scale. And just another reminder that the mountain has not yet reached an equilibrium state yet.
Absolutely stunning ultra-high resolution @planet.com SkySat imagery of the Klein Nesthorn landslide, which buried the village of Blatten, Switzerland yesterday. @davepetley.bsky.social @eth-eaps.bsky.social @vaw-glaciology.bsky.social @kristencook.bsky.social @annepellegrino.bsky.social 🧪⚒️🛰️
Swiss Seismological Survey published a nice overview plot of the earth shaking and wobbling as response to first a series of rockfalls/rockslides onto the Birchgletscher and then finally more and more mumbling and rumbling leading to the final break-off.
Stunning Master thesis by Matthias Nyfeler @Uni Zurich in 2013 on the Lötschental and the impact of glacial melt. www.linkedin.com/posts/matthi...
#nesthorn | Matthias Nyfeler
It was 2018 and little did we know. Seven years ago I wrote my Masters thesis at the Universität Zürich | University of Zurich about the impacts and consequences of glacial melt in the Lötschental va...
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The Birchgletscher collapse shook the Matterhorn! Not really a surprise but a fun fact that the collapse of the Birchgletscher is clearly visible at our high-altitude seismic station Solvay 4003 m a.s.l. up on the Hörnliridge (bottom left).
What an inaugural post on bsky.app. A (the) major glacier collapse at Bichgletscher/Kleines Nesthorn.
Phew. Birchgletscher/Kleines Nesthorn unloading with a live webcam stream.
