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Rethinking cascading hazards in high mountain regions
A recent series of high-mountain disasters foretell a future in which Earth’s destabilized cryosphere will more frequently induce chains of multiple hazards whereby one process triggers the next. GFÚ researcher, John Jansen (Surface Processes & Palaeoclimate), is...
University classes led by our researchers and guests start again
In addition to conducting their own research and informing the public about its results, our staff have long been involved in training students and teaching regularly at universities. In the winter semester of the 2025/26 academic year, university-level classes led by...
Honorary Member of IAGA Eduard Petrovský
Our long-time employee Eduard Petrovský, an expert on the magnetic properties of rocks, has actively served, for his entire professional career, in the International Association for Geomagnetism (IAGA), a part of the International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics...
First announcement of the 6th international workshop: Seismic Anisotropy, heterogeneity and dynamics of the Lithosphere-Asthenosphere System
The 6th international workshop will be held under the auspices of the ILP in chateaux Liblice, May 25 - 29, 2026 to follow the series of workshop bringing together leading researchers as well as young career scientists and postdocs, to discuss the evolving...