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New publication on Developing an Integrated Approach to Address Heat-Related Health Risks from Climate Change

  • August 26, 2024
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Advances in research on current and projected heat-related risks from climate change and the associated responses have rapidly developed over the past decade. Modelling architectures of climate impacts and heat-related health risks have become increasingly sophisticated alongside a growing number of experiments and socioeconomic studies, and possible options for heat-related health adaptation are increasingly being […]

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New publication on AI-Powered Fact-Checking for Climate Change Claims Using Large Language Models

  • August 26, 2024
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This paper presents Climinator, a novel AI-based tool designed to automate the fact-checking of climate change claims. Utilizing an array of Large Language Models (LLMs) informed by authoritative sources like the IPCC reports and peer-reviewed scientific literature, Climinator employs an innovative Mediator-Advocate framework. This design allows Climinator to effectively synthesize varying scientific perspectives, leading to […]

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New publication on Enhancing AI Accuracy in Climate Conversations with Scientific Data Integration

  • August 26, 2024
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Large Language Models have made remarkable progress in question-answering tasks, but challenges like hallucination and outdated information persist. These issues are especially critical in domains like climate change, where timely access to reliable information is vital. One solution is granting these models access to external, scientifically accurate sources to enhance their knowledge and reliability. Here, […]

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New publication on Improving Predictions of Glacier Lake Outburst Floods Using Advanced Flow Transition Modeling

  • August 26, 2024
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Glacier lake outburst floods (GLOFs) initiate with the rapid outburst of a glacier lake, endangering downstream populations, land, and infrastructure. The flow initiates as a mud flow; however, with the entrainment of additional solid material, the flood will often transform into a debris flow. As the run-out slope flattens, the coarse solid material deposits and […]

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New publication on recent ice trends in Swiss mountain lakes from MODIS imagery using Machine Learning

  • October 19, 2022
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Our team member Manu Tom published a paper about ice trends using Machine Learning! Depleting lake ice is a climate change indicator, just like sea-level rise or glacial retreat. Monitoring Lake Ice Phenology (LIP) is useful because long-term freezing and thawing patterns serve as sentinels to understand regional and global climate change. We report a […]

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New publication on water risks in deglaciating mountain areas in Peru

  • October 9, 2020
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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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New publication on losses and damages connected to glacier retreat in the Cordillera Blanca, Peru

  • August 14, 2020
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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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