Ashim Sattar has been awarded with the prestigious Swiss Government Excellence award 2020-21 to pursue his postdoctoral research at University of Zurich. Ashim obtained his Ph.D. jointly from IIT Roorkee and Divecha Center for Climate Change (IISc Bangalore) in 2019. His current research deals with several aspects of climate impacts on glaciers, risks, and adaptation […]
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We are excited to announce that together with our long-standing partners CARE Perú and COSUDE (Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation) we are organizing an international learning event on tropical glaciers and water resource management — “Opportunities, risks and challenges of tropical glacial retreat and the integrated management of water resources for economic recovery in […]
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Our team member, Alina Motschmann, just published a paper from her PhD project in Geoenvironmental Disasters: “Towards integrated assessments of water risks in deglaciating mountain areas: water scarcity and GLOF risk in the Peruvian Andes“. Alina and her co-authors, Christian Huggel, Randy Muñoz and Angela Thür, assessed water scarcity and glacier lake outburst floods (GLOFs) […]
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In a recent study published in Climatic Change, Alina Motschmann, Christian Huggel, Randy Muñoz, and co-authors quantified loss and damage in the Cordillera Blanca, the largest and highest mountain range of Peru, now and under future scenarios. Using various methods such as literature review, glacial lake outburst flood, and hydrologic modeling, the authors analyzed impacts […]
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We are pleased to announce that Graham McDowell has been awarded a Banting Postdoctoral Fellowship to work with us at the University of Zurich. This is Canada’s most competitive postdoctoral fellowship program: it provides “funding to the very best postdoctoral applicants, both nationally and internationally, who will positively contribute to the country’s economic, social and […]
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In a recent study published in Geomorphology, Adam Emmer and co-authors assessed the evolution of glacial lakes in the Cordillera Blance in Peru during a 70-year period and investigated the links to glacial lake outburst floods (GLOFs). The publication is a result of a research stay of Adam Emmer from Czech Academy of Sciences in […]
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Due to the Covid-19 pandemic field work, physical meetings, exchange on research and joint collaborations involving national and international research groups working in the Andes region have to be canceled during the coming months. In response to that, together with our partners from Conéctate A+, CONDESAN and the Mountain Research Initiative (MRI) we are organizing […]
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We’re pleased to announce that Graham McDowell has joined EClim as a Postdoctoral Fellow. His project at UZH is focused on limits to adaptation in high mountain regions. At the same time, he will be leading the first ‘Canadian Mountain Assessment’ as part of the newly formed Canadian Mountain Network. Welcome, Graham!
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