Chronostratigraphic and palaeoenvironmental analysis of lake deposits in relation to deglaciation of the Sondre Stromfjord area, West Greenland: a preliminary report

Perennial ·snow patches in relation to permafrost distribution: A study of permafrost in a changing climate and a first systematical mapping of perennial snow patches in the area of St. Moritz, Graubunden, Switzerland

Research on climatic change in the Alps focussed traditionally on glacier fluctuation. Recently research on permafrost gained more interest, because the climatic change affects large permafrost areas in the Alps. The permafrost reacts to a temperature increase in a complex pattern. Further research will be especcially necessary on the...