We were taking part at the General Assembly of the European Geoscience Union in Vienna from April 27-May2 2025. Find more information about the conference >here< We contributed with 12 first-author… [read more]

The 7th VAO Symposium in Kaprun was a complete success with participants from 7 countries all represented in the Virtual Alpine Observatory.  Over 70 scientists and stakeholders all across the Alps… [read more]

On Friday, 21 March, the joint project of FAU-BAdW-DLR-TUM - M³OCCA, an international doctoral program funded by the Bavarian Ministry of Science, Research and Art - underwent a successful evaluation… [read more]

For the first time, we organized an overview excursion covering key spots for the Engineering Geomorphology of Southern Germany this March. This excursion is part of the masters study Engineering and… [read more]

Every two years, the VAO Symposium facilitates the exchange of the latest research findings and future collaborative research pursuits among members and interested individuals. The symposium… [read more]

Pressurised water flow in fractured permafrost rocks – a hidden driver of subsurface warming?  Permafrost degradation is often (and rightfully) linked to rising air temperatures. But what if water… [read more]

For his dissertation on the “Early warning of rock slope failures – real-time monitoring, process analysis and failure time forecasting”, Dr. Johannes Leinauer received the outstanding PhD award of… [read more]

Do you wonder what mechanism caused the massive rock avalanche at Piz Scerscen (Bernina, CH) in spring 2024 (link to DAV-report)?Read the paper: >here<. Felix Pfluger (TUM, funded by M³OCCA) and… [read more]

Charles Paull (MBARI) and Michael Angelopoulos collaborated on a News & Views article for Nature Geoscience, following their invitation to write a piece about the discovery of subsea permafrost in the… [read more]

Dr. Michael Angelopoulos joined the Technical University of Munich in March 2024 with a DFG Eigene Stelle project entitled “Saline Permafrost in Arctic Coastal Environments (SPACE).” Michael  is… [read more]