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New publication on Using Exploratory Modeling to Develop Robust Flood Control Strategies in Australia

Uncertainties about future climate and socioeconomic conditions challenge the design and implementation of adaptation measures. Deterministic methods, although helpful in…

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A new dynamic framework is required to assess adaptation limits

Anthropogenic climate change is already causing dangerous and widespread disruptions in global ecological and social systems and affects the lives…

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New publication on Innovative Strategies for Water Management in Uncertain and Data-Scarce Mountain Regions

Water management in mountainous regions faces significant challenges due to deep uncertainties arising from data scarcity, knowledge gaps, and the…

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New publication on Assessing the Impact of Combined Extreme Weather Events on Alpine Protection Forests

Risks to society that are triggered by a combination of extreme meteorological events and amplified by process cascades are difficult…

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New publication on Climate Change Adaptation in Central Asia’s Mountain Regions: Insights from a Systematic Review

The mountains of Central Asia support many environmental functions and ecosystem services. The mountain environments and their services are affected…

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

Advances in research on current and projected heat-related risks from climate change and the associated responses have rapidly developed over…

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

This paper presents Climinator, a novel AI-based tool designed to automate the fact-checking of climate change claims. Utilizing an array…

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

Large Language Models have made remarkable progress in question-answering tasks, but challenges like hallucination and outdated information persist. These issues…

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

Glacier lake outburst floods (GLOFs) initiate with the rapid outburst of a glacier lake, endangering downstream populations, land, and infrastructure.…

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

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

Our team member Manu Tom published a paper about ice trends using Machine Learning! Depleting lake ice is a climate…

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New Postdoctoral researcher at EClim

New Postdoctoral researcher at EClim

Ashim Sattar has been awarded with the prestigious Swiss Government Excellence award 2020-21 to pursue his postdoctoral research at University…

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Online Conference on Tropical Glaciers and Water Resource Management under the current global challenges

Online Conference on Tropical Glaciers and Water Resource Management under the current global challenges

We are excited to announce that together with our long-standing partners CARE Perú and COSUDE (Swiss Agency for Development and…

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New publication on water risks in deglaciating mountain areas in Peru

New publication on water risks in deglaciating mountain areas in Peru

Our team member, Alina Motschmann, just published a paper from her PhD project in Geoenvironmental Disasters: "Towards integrated assessments of…

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

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

In a recent study published in Climatic Change, Alina Motschmann, Christian Huggel, Randy Muñoz, and co-authors quantified loss and damage…

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Banting Postdoctoral Fellowship awarded to Graham McDowell

Banting Postdoctoral Fellowship awarded to Graham McDowell

We are pleased to announce that Graham McDowell has been awarded a Banting Postdoctoral Fellowship to work with us at…

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