PublicationsHow surface ice loss boosts permafrost degradation, rockfall activity, and enhances hydrostatic pressure buildup in rock slopes – Unraveling glacier-permafrost interactions driving rock slope failures
Our new study explores thermo-hydro-mechanical feedback mechanisms, demonstrating their efficacy in preparing permafrost rock slope failures. Ice aprons (thin, non-flowing surface ice typically found in steep slopes above a cirque glacier) are visible indicators of permafrost. Yet, they are vanishing at high speed in the last few decades. Today’s ice aprons delineate areas that are […]Our new study explores thermo-hydro-mechanical feedback mechanisms, demonstrating their efficacy in preparing permafrost rock slope failures. Ice aprons (thin, non-flowing surface ice typically found in steep slopes above a cirque glacier) are visible indicators of permafrost. Yet, they are vanishing at high speed in the last few decades. Today’s ice aprons delineate areas that are […]
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