Mountains Under Watch 2013: Observing climate change affects in the Alps

Mountains Under Watch (MUW13) is an interdisciplinary conference that aims at bringing together scientists and experts working in the diverse fields of climate change studies in mountain areas around the world. The specific goal of the conference is to share experiences, methods and strategies for long term observations and monitoring of the climate change effects on different alpine environments ranging from the cryosphereto the biosphere. 

MUW13 will be held over two days:

20 February 2013
the first day keynote invited speakers will give lectures aiming to give a broad overview on different topics related to climate change observations in the mountains such as snow and hydrology, glacier and permafrost, alpine plant ecology, long-term ecological monitoring.

21 February 2013
the second day is dedicated to oral and poster presentations by participants, organized in two main sessions.