Essays about: "alpine"

Showing result 31 - 35 of 90 essays containing the word alpine.

  1. 31. Implications of a rapidly thinning ice-margin for annual moraine formation at Gornergletscher, Switzerland

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Geologiska institutionen

    Author : Lukas Rettig; [2020]
    Keywords : Recessional moraines; Ice-marginal processes; Glacier retreat; Glacial geomorphology; Glacial sedimentology; Alpine glaciers; Swiss Alps; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : This study examines genetic processes and climatological significance of annual moraine formation in the foreland of Gornergletscher, a large alpine-valley glacier located in the southern Swiss Alps. A particular focus is set on moraine ridges that have been forming between 2007 and 2019, a period when the glacier has been subject to accelerated retreat and pronounced frontal thinning. READ MORE

  3. 32. Changes in alpine plant population sizes in response to climate change

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för biologisk grundutbildning

    Author : Evelina Rostö; [2020]
    Keywords : Alpine plants; population dynamics; climate change;

    Abstract : Alpine plants are assumed to be in particular danger as the climate changes rapidly worldwide. Specialist alpine species in Norrbotten County, northern Sweden have been surveyed over the last 20 years, providing insight to population dynamics and how the plants might respond to the changing climate. READ MORE

  4. 33. Changes in alpine plant population sizes in response to climate change

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    Author : Evelina Rostö; [2020]
    Keywords : Alpine plants; population dynamics; climate change;

    Abstract : Alpine plants are assumed to be in particular danger as the climate changes rapidly worldwide. Specialist alpine species in Norrbotten County, northern Sweden have been surveyed over the last 20 years, providing insight to population dynamics and how the plants might respond to the changing climate. READ MORE

  5. 34. Designing Sustainable Alpine Skis : Combining user needs with ecological, social, and economical sustainablility 

    University essay from Luleå tekniska universitet/Institutionen för ekonomi, teknik och samhälle

    Author : Tom-Oskar Barreflod; Matilda Nilsson; [2020]
    Keywords : Product Development; Product Design; Industrial Design Engineering; Sustainability; Sustainable Product Development; User-centered Design; Alpine Skis; Norm-Creative design; Produktutveckling; Produktdesign; Teknisk Design; Hållbarhet; Hållbar Produktutveckling; Användarcentrerad design; Alpina skidor; Normkreativ design;

    Abstract : As alpine skiing is becoming more and more popular the need for sustainable products are increasing in order to enable great skiing and snowy winters in the future. The ski industry is unfortunately far behind many other industries when it comes to sustainability and the shift towards sustainable skis is going slow. READ MORE

  6. 35. Effekter av klimatförändringar på växtplankton i subarktiska och alpina sjöar

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Aquatic Sciences and Assessment

    Author : Matilda Lundström; [2019]
    Keywords : Fosfor; Växtplanktonbiomassa; Diversitet; Oligotrofiering; Temperatur;

    Abstract : The aim of this report was to determine how the climate change affects the ecosystems in alpine and subarctic lakes in Sweden. This was done by analyzing data from environmental monitoring of 14 subarctic and alpine lakes that was part of the national time-series lake monitoring program. READ MORE