We are very proud that we are featured in the latest issue of TUM Magazine! ‘The race for water’ takes you to our field site at the Zugspitze and  Make sure to get your copy here at the TUM or read it… [read more]

TUM ProLehre created a clip about the climate change being observed at the Zugspitze mountain. Amongst other researchers, Verena presented our ongoing permafrost monitoring in the ‘Kammstollen’-Tunnel. Watch the full video on YouTube (German… [read more]

At the end of June, Max, Ben, Felix, and Simon visited the highest DAV hut in Vorarlberg (Mannheimer Hütte) for two days to carry out a variety of geophysical and geotechnical investigations. By using ERT measurements, we want to find out whether the… [read more]

We started the terrestrial fieldwork for the DFG ALPHA Project (Deciphering Alpine Hazard frequencies by amphibious investigations of Holocene lake inventories) with Electrical Resistivity Tomography over the three debris flow fans at Achensee.… [read more]

End of August Verena went to the Zugspitze with Students to carry out the monthly permafrost measurements in the ‘Kammstollen’-tunnel. Because of the perfect weather they took the opportunity to hike up to the Schneefernerkopf above the glacier and… [read more]

On the way back from field work at the Hochvogel, Dr. Johannes Leinauer has been interviewed by the radio Deutschlandfunk within their series “Current Research”. You can listen to the interview (in German) here: Forschung aktuell - Felsstürze: Der… [read more]

Our DFG Weave Lead Agency Project kick-off meeting together with our partners from University of Innsbruck, Friedrich-Albert University Erlangen and University of Bern was held on Achensee. By amphibious investigation of landslide deposits in and… [read more]

In July and August, we installed a new geophone logger at the ridge below the Hochvogel summit and test new devices at the summit. This is part of a master thesis of Leon and in collaobration with Dr. John Singer from AlpGeoRisk. With these new data,… [read more]

The documentary ‘Wütendes Wetter’ by Harald Lesch features a visit to the Zugspitze and our permafrost measurements in the ‘Kammstollen’-tunnel. Michael takes the team to the permanently frozen areas in the tunnel and explains why extreme… [read more]

On this years excursion on Landslides of the Eastern and Southern Alps, we made a detour through the Ötztal and the DAV Karlsruhe made it possible for us to spend a night at the Hochwildehaus, surrounded by glaciers. Other stops included: Lavini di… [read more]