glaciers
I have always been fascinated by mountain glaciers, particularly by the climatic conditions that allow their existence. It is truly fascinating to imagine how the landscape changes during periods when the Equilibrium Line Altitude (ELA) is lowered due to a combination of sufficiently low Mean Annual Air Temperature (MAAT) and high Mean Annual Precipitation (MAP), creating favorable conditions for glacier formation and advance.
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Currently, my research focuses on small glaciers and ice patches in maritime areas of the Alps, where Mean Annual Precipitation is exceptionally high. I am especially interested in the evolution of these ice bodies during and after the Little Ice Age, as well as throughout the Holocene.
In addition, I study the interactions between persistent or semi-persistent snow and ice masses and the geomorphic evolution of the landscape.
In recent years, I have also been working on peripheral glaciers in Greenland, specifically those that are disconnected from the main Greenland Ice Sheet.
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Trasversal crevasses over the Forni glacier, Italy - photo RRC

Oberaletschhutte, Oberland (CH) in 1890
