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The research unit Mountain Hydrology and Mass Movements (Dr. Manfred Stähli) studies hydrological, glaciological and natural hazard processes in predominantly mountainous, glacierized, and partially forested regions. Researchers assess damage and damage processes of frequent to rare, extreme natural events, as well as glacier dynamics and their impacts on water resources, landscape evolution and ecosystems, considering a wide range of spatial and temporal scales. 

In the most recent research group of ZHydro entitled Hydrology & Climate Impacts in Mountain Regions (Prof. Manuela Brunner) quantifies hazard potential and water availability in mountain regions under global change. Its research focuses on three core areas: (i) understanding processes governing multivariate hydro-climatic extreme events, (ii) assessing climate impacts on water and climate extremes in mountain regions with a particular focus on the Alps, and (iii) improving predictions of extreme events by exploiting new datasets and the latest methodological advances in statistics, data science, and climate modeling.