EClim
Research Group on
Environment and Climate
An interdisciplinary perspective
on climate impacts, risks and adaptation
in mountainous regions
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How did climate change shape the #Blatten disaster?
EClim's C. Huggel explains: glacier collapse ...links to long-term warming—via permafrost thaw, snow loss & ice retreat.
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#ClimateChange #Glaciers #IPCC #Alps #Adaptation
Blatten 🇨🇠was hit by a ~10M m³ ice-rock-debris avalanche—destroying much of the village....
EClim’s C. Huggel: this is unprecedented in recent Alpine history and shows how complex cryosphere risks are becoming.
🔗Full post:
#Alps #Blatten #ClimateRisk
A first in glacier science: 🎥 SRF captured the actual moment of glacier detachment in #Blatten ...🇨ðŸ‡.
C. Huggel calls it a scientific sensation—these rare images will reshape how we study glacier collapses.
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🔗 Full post: https://shorturl.at/tHD8L
What we do
The EClim group investigates risks, impacts and adaptation options to climate change, focusing on mountain regions and its people throughout the world.
Our research integrates natural and social science disciplines to understand how environmental and socio-environmental systems respond to climate change.
We aim to produce actionable and solution-oriented knowledge, and we collaborate with stakeholders from practice and policy.
Who we are
Based at the Department of Geography of the University of Zurich and the Department of Geosciences of the University of Fribourg (Switzerland), we are a multi-disciplinary team. We are geographers, climate scientists and social scientists, who bring experience and expertise in climate change adaptation, disaster risk reduction, climate policy advice and capacity building.
Where we work
Our group has research collaborations across the globe and conducts research with a focus in the Andes, the Alps, the Himalayas, and Central Asia. Our work is multi-disciplinary and cross-sectoral, ranging from local to regional to global scale.
Explore the map to see where we work and our projects at each location.