by Samuel Bohnenblust | Apr 5, 2016
Eiger Glacier monitoring Challenge Every year, roughly one million tourists take the cogwheel railway up to Jungfraujoch to admire the famed summits of Eiger, Mönch and Jungfrau. In fall 2015, ETH’s Laboratory for Hydraulics, Hydrology and Glaciology detected...
by Samuel Bohnenblust | Feb 23, 2016
Zermatt Avalanche Radar Challenge The only road that leads to Zermatt, one of Switzerland’s most renowned resorts, home to about 6000 people and reaching 2 Mio. yearly overnight stays, is threatened by the two infamous avalanche gullies Lüegelti and...
by Samuel Bohnenblust | Feb 18, 2016
Glacial lake monitoring Plaine Morte Challenge The Plaine Morte is a glacier plateau at the mountain Wildstrubel in the Bernese Alps, Switzerland. The flat glacier drains mainly towards the north over the river Trüebbach and through the touristic village of Lenk....
by Samuel Bohnenblust | Feb 18, 2016
Rockfall monitoring in Preonzo May 2012 Situation The area around the Roscera Alp in southern Switzerland has been known to geologists as unstable since decades. The canton Ticino had crack meters placed at cracks visible on the alp and laser distance measurements had...
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