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In terms of area, forest is the most important means of avalanche protection. It is also the most cost-effective and is naturally renewable. This insight hit home after the winter of 1951, when over 1,000 avalanches caused immense damage. The SLF began researching how protection forests could be sustainably developed.

As glaciers around the world melt at unprecedented rates, tourism in these icy landscapes is booming, adding pressure to vulnerable regions and disrupting delicate ecosystems. A collective effort, led by UNIL and published in Nature Climate Change, points to ways of balancing tourism with conservation, awareness, and social equity.

About a year ago, researchers at the University of Michigan found that the extratropical cyclones that are the biggest drivers of winter weather in the Great Lakes region are warming and trending northward. That means, outside of the northern reaches of the region, residents can expect that their winters will be warmer and wetter on average.

Around the Balkan Peninsula, the African plate is sinking beneath the European plate. A piece of deeply submerged African crust resurfaced 40 million years ago far away from the sinking zone. How this phenomenon of so-called vertical extrusion can be explained and whether the Rhodope mountain range in southern Bulgaria was formed in this way is a matter of scientific debate. Dr. Iskander Muldashev and Professor Thorsten Nagel from the TU Bergakademie Freiberg have now shown how this process works in a recent publication in the journal Geology. The formation of the Rhodopes was only 40 million years ago—the mountain range is therefore 30–50 million years younger than previously assumed.

Methane is a powerful greenhouse gas with strong heat-trapping capabilities. Although there is less methane in the atmosphere than carbon dioxide, the foremost greenhouse gas, researchers attribute 30% of modern global warming to methane. Observations show that methane levels have increased over time, but the factors driving changes in the rate of accumulation remain unclear.

Publication date: 15 March 2026

Source: Earth and Planetary Science Letters, Volume 678

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Publication date: 15 March 2026

Source: Earth and Planetary Science Letters, Volume 678

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Author(s): Shengxian Zhu, Xianguo Lang, Peter W. Crockford, Bolin Zhang, Chengguo Guan, Chaochao Xing, Zongyuan Sun, Mingcai Hou

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Author(s): Xindong Meng, Ling Zhang, Yi Xu, Giannakis Iraklis, Roberto Bugiolacchi, Jiannan Zhao, Xiaoping Zhang, Qiquan Yang, Rui Chen, Renrui Liu, Xiaoting Xu, Huaqing Cao, Zhijun Huo, Long Xiao, Jialong Lai, Rui Gao

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Author(s): A. Marzoli, L. Reisberg, M. Capriolo, S. Callegaro, P.R. Renne, M. Chiaradia, C.M. Meyzen, S. Self, L. Vanderkluysen, A. Boscaini

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Author(s): Maoshan Yuan, Chunquan Yu, Zhicheng Jing

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Source: Earth and Planetary Science Letters, Volume 678

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