TimJun 12, 2025
TBT! TBT! TBT!

A few weeks after our trip to Stans (see previous ThrowbackThursday post) we've been to Galtür for three days and left just one day before the southern peak of Fluchthorn mountain collapsed in a huge rock slide.

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CelloMom On CarsAug 8, 2023

"On June 11, the main peak of Mt. #Fluchthorn, on the border of #Austria and #Switzerland, collapsed without warning.

#Permafrost is important because frozen water within the ground holds the ground surface together and prevents it from moving. But when that ice melts, the liquid water can flow away. The ground surface becomes less stable and can move, often very quickly."

https://www.businessinsider.com/mountains-switzerland-collapsing-from-permafrost-melt-2023-8

Mountains are collapsing from permafrost melt

Mt. Fluchthorn's tallest peak collapsed earlier this year, and it's just one of many crumbling examples most likely to come within the next decade.

Insider
Matt WillemsenJul 1, 2023
Climate change causes a mountain peak frozen for thousands of years to collapse
Fluchthorn in the Silvretta Alps is now around 60 feet (19 m) shorter than it was before — and more mountains are expected to follow suit as temperatures thaw the permafrost holding them together.
https://www.livescience.com/planet-earth/climate-change/climate-change-causes-a-mountain-peak-frozen-for-thousands-of-years-to-collapse #Fluchthorn #permafrost #thawing #climate #warming #geomorphology
Climate change causes a mountain peak frozen for thousands of years to collapse

Fluchthorn in the Silvretta Alps is now around 60 feet (19 m) shorter than it was before — and more mountains are expected to follow suit as temperatures thaw the permafrost holding them together.

Live Science
Universität InnsbruckJun 13, 2023

Der #Klimawandel macht die Berge gefährlicher, das hat der #Bergsturz am #Fluchthorn in Tirol erneut gezeigt. Die Geotechnikerin Barbara Schneider-Muntau beschäftigt sich mit Felsstürzen und Massenbewegungen im Gebirge und untersucht, wie sich die Situation in der #Klimakrise verschärft: https://diglib.uibk.ac.at/ZuFo/periodical/pageview/8251008

Foto: Andreas Friedle

शून्यताJun 12, 2023
Jetzt greift die Schweiz schon Österreich mit Lawinen an. #Fluchthorn