Research group Prof. Schrott - Geomorphology and Environmental Systems

The Research Group Geomorphology and Environmental Systems is focusing on mountain permafrost, sediment budgets, late- and postglacial landscape development, natural hazards and risks as well as Global Environmental Change.

Group photo of the research group
© Friederike Pauk/GIUB

Team

Prof. Schrott talking to students about glaciers.
© Nico Wagner

Teaching

A DGPS set up in the Alps
© Till Wenzel/GIUB

Research

News
New Publication by Stammler et al. 20254
"Dos Lenguas rock glacier kinematics stable despite warming trend (2016–2024): Surface changes and the role of topography and climate in the Dry Andes of Argentina" by Stammler et al. 2025, published in Earth Surface Processes and Landforms 50, 11.
RG Schrott Project Seminar in the Austrian Alps5
Researchers from RG Schrott, together with students from the Master’s project seminar Changing Processes in Mountain Systems, conducted fieldwork near the Glorer Hut in the Austrian Alps.
New Publication by Weidt et al. 20256
"Spatial patterns and bridge collapse interactions of erosional processes due to the 2021 Ahr valley flood" by Weidt et al. 2025, published in Environmental Sciences Europe 37, 1. S. 82.
Erasmus+ Teaching Mobility at the University of Bergen, Norway7
How does teaching at other European universities work? Melanie Stammler, a member of our research group, successfully applied for funding through the Erasmus+ Teaching Mobility programme and explored the teaching and research group dynamics in the Department of Earth Sciences at the University of Bergen, Norway, from May 12–19, 2025.

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Lothar Schrott

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Meckenheimer Allee 166

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