Scientific documentation
Scientific documentation
KNOWLEDGE
Discover knowledge: Here you can learn interesting facts about glaciers, climate change, and other scientific topics related to glaciers.
Glacier length fluctuations
How does a glacier work?
World-wide temperature change
Climate change in Switzerland
Retreat of glaciers in the Alps
Glacier protection worldwide
Glacier length fluctuations
How does a glacier work?
World-wide temperature change
Climate change in Switzerland
Retreat of glaciers in the Alps
Glacier protection worldwide
STUDIES/REPORTS
Discover our collection of reports and studies on glacier, ice, and water topics—a source of knowledge for students, researchers, and anyone interested in alpine environmental issues.
Teaching materials: Glaciers, permafrost, and flooding in the Upper Engadine (Switzerland)
Andreas Imhof (Pädagogische Hochschule Graubünden), Christina Colberg (Pädagogische Hochschule Thurgau), Felix Keller (Academia Engiadina) and Christine Levy (Academia Engiadina), 2015
Slowing down the retreat of the Morteratsch glacier, Switzerland, by artificially produced summer snow: a feasibility study
Johannes Oerlemans, Andy Haag and Felix Keller, 2017
Report on the 2022 Glacier Cover Pilot Project
Andri Moll, Felix Keller und Dieter Müller, 2022
Planning tools for
glacier protection using a ground-independent
snowmaking system
Felix Keller, Christine Seupel, Marin Deflorin, Johannes Oerlemans, Peter Stuber and Dieter Müller, 2024
Should/may/must we preserve glaciers for future generations?
Felix Keller, Johannes Oerlemans und Dieter Müller
Sustainability begins with people
Psychology in Environmental Protection Initiative Switzerland, 2016
Brief communication: Growth and decay of an ice stupa in alpine conditions – a simple model driven by energy-flux observations over a glacier surface
Johannes Oerlemans, Suryanarayanan Balasubramanian, Conradin Clavuot and Felix Keller, 2021
NESSy: New energy-efficient snowgun system (english)
Bächler Top Track AG,
Summary of preliminary study for MortAlive pilot project
Academia Engiadina und Universität Fribourg
STUDIES/REPORTS
Discover our collection of reports and studies on glacier, ice, and water topics—a source of knowledge for students, researchers, and anyone interested in alpine environmental issues.
Teaching materials: Glaciers, permafrost, and flooding in the Upper Engadine (Switzerland)
Andreas Imhof (Pädagogische Hochschule Graubünden), Christina Colberg (Pädagogische Hochschule Thurgau), Felix Keller (Academia Engiadina) and Christine Levy (Academia Engiadina), 2015
Slowing down the retreat of the Morteratsch glacier, Switzerland, by artificially produced summer snow: a feasibility study
Johannes Oerlemans, Andy Haag and Felix Keller, 2017
Report on the 2022 Glacier Cover Pilot Project
Andri Moll, Felix Keller und Dieter Müller, 2022
Planning tools for
glacier protection using a ground-independent
snowmaking system
Felix Keller, Christine Seupel, Marin Deflorin, Johannes Oerlemans, Peter Stuber and Dieter Müller, 2024
Should/may/must we preserve glaciers for future generations?
Felix Keller, Johannes Oerlemans and Dieter Müller
Sustainability begins with people
Psychology in Environmental Protection Initiative Switzerland, 2016
Brief communication: Growth and decay of an ice stupa in alpine conditions – a simple model driven by energy-flux observations over a glacier surface
Johannes Oerlemans, Suryanarayanan Balasubramanian, Conradin Clavuot and Felix Keller, 2021
NESSy: New energy-efficient snowgun system (english)
Bächler Top Track AG,
Summary of preliminary study for MortAlive pilot project
Academia Engiadina und Universität Fribourg
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