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Using climbing guides to examine changes in rockfall activity in the European Alps

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Date: 2016-06-18 10:50:59
Blog: The Landslide Blog
URL: http://blogs.agu.org/landslideblog/2016/06/18/climbing-guides-1/

Summary:

In a recent paper, Temme (2015) has used descriptions of rockfall risk in Alpine climbing guides to examine the effects of climate change on the degradation of permafrost and the resulting increased occurrence of rockfalls.

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Geographic context:

LocationCountryLatitudeLongitude
AlpineUS30.3593-103.664

Keywords:

Alpine, changes, climate change, degradation, descriptions, effects, European Alps, guides, occurrence, permafrost, recent paper, Review of a paper, rockfall activity, rockfall risk, Temme

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