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Alps

The laser device sits on top of Mount Säntis, shooting a green laser into a cloudy sky.
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How to Bend Lightning with a Laser Beam

by Bill Morris 24 February 202324 February 2023

For the first time, scientists have redirected lightning using a laser beam. And that’s just the start of what’s possible.

Maps showing distribution of different drought types.
Posted inEditors' Highlights

Streamflow Drought Intensification in the European Alps

by Valeriy Ivanov 1 February 202331 January 2023

A five-decade analysis of drought generation processes in the Alps shows their changing seasonality in high-elevation basins with increasingly frequent droughts caused by a lack of snowmelt water.

A vineyard growing on a mountain slope with several other mountains visible in the background
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Scientists Decipher the Seismic Dance of the Southern Alps

by Morgan Rehnberg 20 January 202320 January 2023

Most of the Alps are considered tectonically dead, but according to new research, the southeastern region—home to prosecco wine—is very much alive.

Close-up of an outcrop of an eclogite from the Monviso area of Italy showing a vug, or hole, containing red garnet crystals and green pyroxene crystals.
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Holey Eclogite!

by Alka Tripathy-Lang 1 July 202215 November 2022

Scientists have found holes filled with minerals that indicate fluid-filled pores exist many tens of kilometers below Earth’s surface. But no, The Core fans, you still can’t get amethyst-laden geodes in the mantle.

An image of the Sonnblick Observatory with snow
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The Alps Are Dusted with Nanoplastics

by Stacy Kish 30 March 20228 August 2022

A new study finds the lofted pollutants came from major European cities, but further study is required to fully understand the plastics’ transport and deposition processes.

A magnified view of white minerals embedded in a gray crustal rock
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The Goldilocks Zone May Be Just Right for Migrating Metals

Kate Wheeling, freelance science writer by Kate Wheeling 9 March 20225 May 2022

Researchers identified a gateway that allows metals critical for renewable energy technologies, like copper and gold, to make their way to the surface.

Researchers installing the reference station in a glacier forefield at the foot of the Matterhorn
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Mountains Sway to the Seismic Song of Earth

Richard Sima, freelance science writer by Richard J. Sima 1 February 202227 March 2023

The Matterhorn in the Swiss Alps is in constant motion, gently swaying back and forth about once every 2 seconds.

Geophysical measurements of rock glacier thickness made using a ground-based radar, showing the geometry and the internal structure of Laurichard rock glacier in France.
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Revealing How Rock Glaciers Respond to Climate Change

by A. Rowan 17 September 202128 July 2022

Detailed measurements of the geometry and flow of Laurichard rock glacier over 67 years reveal the distinctive behavior of these landforms through periods of warming and cooling.

Map showing the location of study in northern Italy and inset image showing bathymetry of Lake Tovel
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Climate Warming Improves Oxygen Mixing in a High-Altitude Lake

by D. Scott Mackay 10 September 202020 April 2022

Long term weather and lake data from a high elevation lake in the Alps demonstrate that climate warming may actually improve the ability of high-altitude deep lakes to mix their waters.

Four charts showing optimal habitats in the floodplain for different stream insects.
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Hydropower and Bugs

by E. Wohl 16 December 201928 February 2023

Alpine hydropower plants commonly flush sediment that accumulates at intakes, but the associated rapid rise in discharge, turbidity, and streambed instability put aquatic insects at risk.

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