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CNN —Part of the summit of a mountain in the Austrian state of Tyrol has collapsed, sending more than 100,000 cubic meters of rock crashing into the valley below and triggering mudslides. The geologists have pinned the collapse on the thawing of permafrost, a long-term frozen layer of soil and rocks. When permafrost thaws it can have a destabilizing effect, said Marcia Phillips, permafrost research group leader at the WSL Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research in Switzerland. “Water can penetrate deep into rock masses through newly opened clefts, which were previously plugged with permafrost ice,” she told CNN, explaining that this can lead rocks to fracture. But, as human-caused climate change pushes up global temperatures, leading to thawing permafrost and melting snow and glaciers, rockfalls in this region look set to become more common.

Persons: ”, Thomas Figl, ” Figl, Marcia Phillips, Phillips, ” Phillips, Christian Gartmann, “ Organizations: CNN, WSL, for Snow, Avalanche Research Locations: Austrian, Tyrol, Fluchthorn, Switzerland, Austria, Alpine, Tyrolean, “, Swiss, Brienz, Graubünden, Davos

CNN —A Swiss village has been ordered to evacuate amid warnings a large mass of rock looming overhead could come tumbling down in the coming days. Leaders in Brienz held a town hall event on Tuesday evening and told residents they would have to leave by 6 pm local time on Friday. Rebecca Dell, a researcher at the University of Cambridge warns that climate change is driving glacier melt in the Alps. If a slope becomes too unstable, events such as rockslides may occur,” she told CNN. The village, which houses under 100 residents, according to Swiss public broadcaster SRF, is located in Switzerland’s eastern canton of Graubünden.

☆ Europe drought: This once-thriving lake has all but dried up -- a story repeated across Europe
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-30 | by ( Laura Paddison | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

While in the United States, the snow and rain that have pummeled California have helped fill reservoirs and ease unrelenting drought, winter has been far from kind to many parts of Europe. A buoy is seen on the banks of the partially dry Lake Montbel as France faces a record winter dry spell. “Lake Montbel remains at an abnormally low level,” Franck Solacroup, the regional director of the Adour-Garonne Water Agency, which covers the area that includes Lake Montbel, told CNN. Farmers like Rouquet, who rely on the lake, are having to make tough decisions on what to grow. “This is the most extreme winter in terms of low snow cover,” she told CNN.

☆ VIDEO: Cel mai faimos vârf muntos din Elveția începe să se descompună
▼ + stars: | 2020-11-08 | by ( ) www.jurnal.md time to read: +4 min

În același timp, Brienz se confruntă și cu pericolul de a fi complet îngropat de o posibilă alunecare masivă de teren. Nu ar exista nicio modalitate de a opri o alunecare de teren majoră. Permafrostul se dezgheațăPe cel mai faimos vârf din Elveția, Matterhorn, cercetătorii încearcă să găsească răspuns exact la această întrebare. Așadar, poate „vocea” muntelui să anunțe o alunecare de teren? Încă nu, spune Jan Beutel.

Persons: Kurt Spring, Jan, Jan Beutel Organizations: Universitatea din Locations: Bolovani, Graubünden, Evolène, Valais, Elveția, Matterhorn, Universitatea din Innsbruck

☆ Franţa a trecut pragul de 40.000 de decese cauzate de COVID-19
▼ + stars: | 2019-04-25 | by ( ) news.yam.md time to read: 1 min

12:20Pământul pe care se află satul alunecă puțin câte puțin. A ajuns acum la o rată de un metru și 20 de centimetri anual. Satul alunecă de zeci de ani, dar niciodată nu a fost atât de evident. În același timp, Brienz se confruntă și cu pericolul de a fi complet îngropat de o posibilă alunecare masivă de teren. La marginea satului - o imagine parcă proiectată din viitor.

Persons: Kurt Spring Locations: Bolovani

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