Munich Alpine Hazards and Mitigation Cluster (AlpHaz)

Due to the geographic and tectonic location, the Andean countries are particularly vulnerable to natural hazards. The international cooperation project RIESGOS focuses on the countries of Chile, Peru and Ecuador and aims to improve the management of natural disasters including strategies to reduce… [weiterlesen]

In August 2017, field work was carried out in Norway by PhD candidate Benjamin Jacobs as a follow up of the 2015 and 2016 field work of Benjamin and Michael. Two of Norway’s top-risk sites were investigated to gather data on thermal and hydraulic forcing on large rock slope stabilities with… [weiterlesen]

The TUM Landslide Group continued the monitoring at the gradually opening fracture at the Hochvogel peak (2592 m, Allgäu, Germany) in late September 2017. By performing further measurements of the opening fracture and drone flights, the group assessed the kinematics of the preparing rock slope… [weiterlesen]

t the beginning of 2017, the Mueller rockslide was investigated within the “Alpine Rock Slopes” project funded by the German Research Foundation and the project “Investigation of a large, alpine rock slope failure: Mueller Rockslide, New Zealand” funded by the Massey University Research Fund. The… [weiterlesen]

Within the August-Wilhelm Scheer Visiting Professor Program funded by the Excellence Initiative of the Technical University of Munich, Dr Sam McColl from Massey University (Palmerston North, New Zealand; upper left image) visited the Chair of Landslide Research for eight weeks in summer 2017. The… [weiterlesen]

Im September finden wieder Projekte am Hornbergl statt, siehe beigefügte Ankündigungen. Begrenzte Teilnehmerzahl! Anmeldung bis zum 30. Juni 2017 via TUMonline. [weiterlesen]

Epochenmessung Überwachungsnetz: GNSS- / TPS-Messungen an der Aggenalmrutschung (Sudelfeld) Die Aggenalmrutschung im Gebiet des Sudelfelds wurde mehrere Jahre mit Sensoren des alpEWAS-Frühwarnsystems überwacht. Mit Ablauf der Förderphase wird der Rutschhang nun in Form eines openair-Laboratory… [weiterlesen]

In the corporation with TUM Landslide member Daniel Draebing, Sam McColl gained funding for the research project “Investigating glacier retreat as a driver of rock slope collapse: Mueller Rockslide” from Massey University Research Fund (MURF) and the Department of Conservation of New Zealand (DoC).… [weiterlesen]

In the framework of the DFG funded BIMODAL project, Daniel Draebing conducted fieldwork together with Jana Eichel (former University of Bonn, upcoming Karlsruhe Institute of Technology), Christian Eling, Lasse Klingbeil and Markus Wieland (Institute of Geodesy and Geoinformation, University of Bonn)… [weiterlesen]

Last Friday the climate agreement of Paris became applicable. From 07. to 18. November the United Nations Climate Change Conference works on the next steps in Marrakech for more climate protection. Occuring effects of the climate change can be seen all over the world. In "ZDF heute" Michael talks… [weiterlesen]