The integral Swiss crypospheric-observation-network especially focuses on the following sections:
The commission is responsible for the documentation and the scientific processing of the collected data which has been ascertained by the monitoring networks. Alongside with providing reliable data for science it also supplies processed data for politics, the economy and the public. The ascertained data is of great significance in order to ensure an early diagnosis of possible changes in the alpine regions.
Events, News, Publications
European Young Geomorphologists Meeting
In June 2023, the Young Geomorphologists of the Swiss, French and Italian Geomorphological Societies are organising a European meeting of young geomorphologists ! This event will take place from 9 to 11 June under the format of a small symposium followed by excursions through the landscapes of the Mont Blanc region.
Das Extremjahr 2022, Kryosphärenbericht
Das Jahr 2021/22 geht in die Geschichte der Kryosphärenbeobachtung ein: Sehr wenig Schnee während des Winters, Rekordschmelze der Gletscher, und Maximaltemperaturen in den oberen Schichten des Permafrosts.
Image: M. Huss
Excursion of the Swiss Young Geomorphologists (SGmS)
The rock glacier of Lac des Vaux: hydrology, kinematics and anthropogenic impacts
Image: Christophe Lambiel, 2021The Swiss Glaciers 2019/20 and 2020/21
Glaciological Report (Glacier) No. 141/142 about the Swiss Glaciers 2019/20 and 2020/21, under review by the Cryospheric Commission.
Image: GLAMOS
Die Engadiner Blockgletscher gehören zu den 100 bedeutendsten Geo-Erbestätten weltweit
100 geologische Stätten aus aller Welt wurden von der International Union of Geological Sciences (IUGS) aufgrund ihrer Bedeutung für das Verständnis des Planeten Erde und seiner Geschichte ausgewählt. Darunter befinden sich als einziger Schweizer Standort die Engadiner Blockgletscher, die für die Dokumentation und Erforschung des Gebirgspermafrostes einzigartig sind.
Image: A. Cicoria
Worse than 2003: Swiss glaciers are melting more than ever before
2022 was a disastrous year for Swiss glaciers: all ice melt records were smashed by the great dearth of snow in winter and continuous heatwaves in summer. More than 6 percent of the ice volume was lost, reports the Cryospheric Commission (CC) of the Swiss Academy of Sciences.
Image: M. HussContacts
Dr. Hugo Raetzo
FOEN
Landslides, Avalanches and Protection Forest Section
PO Box
3003 Bern
SwitzerlandDr. Matthias Huss
University of Fribourg
Geography Unit
Chemin du Musée 4
1700 Fribourg
Switzerland
