{"id":21221,"date":"2026-08-19T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-08-19T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ultimabozza.it\/?p=21221"},"modified":"2026-08-05T11:59:07","modified_gmt":"2026-08-05T09:59:07","slug":"as-the-ice-melts-it-also-shifts-the-rock","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ultimabozza.it\/en\/as-the-ice-melts-it-also-shifts-the-rock\/","title":{"rendered":"As the ice melts, it also shifts the rock"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Every year, the Alps lose billions of cubic meters of ice, and that receding weight also leaves its mark on the underlying rock: the Earth\u2019s crust bends, rises, and slowly changes shape. <strong>The National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology has just launched <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ingv.it\/stampa-urp\/ufficio-stampa\/news\/ricerca-al-via-icealp-il-progetto-ingv-che-studia-la-risposta-della-terra-solida-ai-cambiamenti-climatici\">iCEALP<\/a><\/strong> (ice\u2013Climate\u2013solid Earth coupling driving ALPine uplift), a research project included in the \u201cDynamic Planet 2026\u20132029\u201d framework plan, to <strong>measure the extent to which glacier melt, drought, and extreme hydrological events alter the internal pressures within the Earth\u2019s crust<\/strong>, with direct implications for the stability of mountain slopes and, potentially, for local seismic activity.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The project is coordinated by <strong>Enrico Serpelloni<\/strong>, a senior researcher at the Bologna branch of the INGV, and involves a broad consortium: the University of Turin, the Montagna Sicura Foundation, the Universities of Milan-Bicocca, Bologna, and Trento, ENEA, as well as international partners ETH Zurich and DTU Space in Denmark.<\/p>\n\n<h3 id=\"h-come-il-ghiaccio-scarica-la-roccia\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">How Ice Shapes Rock<\/h3>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When a glacier melts, the weight that has compressed the underlying rock for millennia decreases, and the Earth\u2019s crust reacts by slowly bending and rising. The same thing happens\u2014albeit in a different way\u2014when heavy rains or prolonged droughts redistribute large masses of water. These adjustments can make mountain slopes more unstable and, in some cases, interact with seismic faults\u2014a mechanism that has not yet been well quantified in the Alps, which iCEALP aims to measure precisely.  <\/p>\n\n<h3 id=\"h-un-gemello-digitale-delle-alpi\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">A Digital Twin of the Alps<\/h3>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The most innovative component of the project is the \u201cDigital Twin\u201d of the Alpine system: a simulator that integrates geodetic, seismological, hydrological, and satellite data into three-dimensional models capable of projecting scenarios through 2050 and beyond, based on various climate trajectories. This represents a shift in approach from established practice, which until now has treated deglaciation, extreme hydrology, and tectonic dynamics as separate phenomena. <\/p>\n\n<h3 id=\"h-due-osservatori-due-laboratori-naturali\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Two observatories, two natural laboratories<\/h3>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In terms of infrastructure, iCEALP calls for the construction of <strong>AMIGHO (Alpine Mountain Integrated Geophysical High-altitude Observatory)<\/strong> in the Monte Rosa area, designed to address the lack of high-altitude geophysical monitoring. At the same time, HySO\u2014the hydro-seismological observatory already operating in northwestern Greenland\u2014will be expanded, along with THAAO. <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The decision to focus on two regions so far apart is no coincidence: the Alps offer a system where geodynamic, climatic, and hydrological processes are intricately intertwined, while <strong>Greenland<\/strong>\u2014where glacial mass loss is massive and the signs of crustal deformation are most pronounced\u2014 <strong>serves as a testing ground for calibrating the models before applying them to the Alpine context.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<h3 id=\"h-ricadute-per-la-prevenzione-del-rischio\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Implications for Risk Prevention<\/h3>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A precise understanding of this mechanism means being able to inform tools for geological risk prevention and land-use planning in Alpine areas, where mountain tourism and valley settlements now coexist on a permanent basis with an accelerating glacial crisis. The initial site surveys for the implementation of AMIGHO have already begun, as has the expansion of HySO.   <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>iCEALP, the INGV project investigating the link between glacier melt, crustal deformation, and geological risk in the Alps, is underway<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":21223,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"googlesitekit_rrm_CAowscnaCw:productID":"","_app_feed_target":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1596,1626],"tags":[2643],"class_list":["post-21221","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-climate","category-science","tag-ice"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.5 (Yoast SEO v26.5) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>As the ice melts, it also shifts the rock &#8226; Ultima Bozza<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"iCEALP, the INGV project investigating the link between glacier melt, crustal deformation, and geological risk in the Alps, is underway\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/ultimabozza.it\/en\/as-the-ice-melts-it-also-shifts-the-rock\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"As the ice melts, it also shifts the rock &#8226; 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