Rockfalls, avalanches, landslides: experts warn of developments in the Alps. Less skiing, less hiking: Experts warn of more extreme weather events.
Melting permafrost releases large amounts of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, increasing global warming. In addition to increasing costs for high traffic, this will also mean increasing problems for high road repairs and even more expensive for skiing and hiking in the Alpine regions in the future. The German Alpine Club emphasizes on its website that “many small and large rock movements are [basically] a normal phenomenon”