Markus Stoffel

Prof. Markus Stoffel
Full Professor
Climate Change Impacts and Risks in the Anthropocene (C-CIA)
Institut des Sciences de l`Environnement
Université de Genève
Boulevard Carl Vogt 66
CH-1205 Genève
Switzerland


Phone: +41 (0) 79 340 39 89
Phone2: +41 (0) 22 379 06 89
Fax: +41 (0) 22 379 32 10
E-mail: markus.stoffel(at)unige.ch
URL Institution: www.dendrolab.ch;https://c-cia.ch/
Personal URL: link

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in which Markus Stoffel holds an official function.

Additional functions:
President Advisory Board "Institut zur Erforschung der Geschichte des Alpenraums" Brig

Advisory Board Interpraevent ; Advisory Board Fachleute Naturgefahren Schweiz (FAN)

Former Vice-President International Tree-Ring Society (2010-2014)

Elected Member Academia Europaea


Key Publications of Markus Stoffel (up to ten) :
Björklund, J., Seftigen, K., STOFFEL, M., Fonti, M.V., Kottlow, S., Frank, D.C., Esper, J., Fonti, P., Goosse, H., Grudd, H., Gunnarson, B.E., Nievergelt, D., Pellizzari, E., Carrer, M., von Arx, G., 2023. Fennoscandi-an tree-ring anatomy shows a warmer modern than medieval climate. Nature 620, 97–103.

Guillet, S., Corona, C., Oppenheimer, C., Lavigne, F., Khodri, M., Ludlow, F., Sigl, M., Toohey, M., Atkins, P. S., Zhen, Y., Muranaka, T., Horikawa, N., STOFFEL, M., 2023. Lunar eclipses illuminate timing and cli-mate impact of medieval volcanism. Nature 616, 90–95.

Giacona, F., Eckert, N., Corona, C., Mainieri, R., Morin, S., Martin, B., STOFFEL, M., Naim, M., 2021. Upslope migration of snow avalanches in a warming climate. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 118 (44), e2107306118.

Zheng, G., Allen, S.K., Bao, A., Ballesteros-Cánovas, J.A., Huss, M., Zhang, G., Li, J., Yuan, Y., Jiang, L., Yu, T., Chen, W., STOFFEL, M., 2021. Increasing risk of glacial lake outburst floods from future Third Pole deglaciation. Nature Climate Change 11, 411–417.

Schauwecker, S., Gascón, E., Park, S., Ruiz-Villanueva, V., Schwarb, M., Sempere-Torres, D., STOFFEL, M., Vitolo, C., Rohrer, M., 2019. Anticipating cascading effects of extreme precipitation with pathway schemes – Three case studies from Europe. Environment International 127, 291–304.

Ballesteros-Cánovas, J.A., Trappmann, D., Madrigal-González, J., Eckert, N, STOFFEL, M., 2018. Climate warming enhances snow avalanche risk in the Western Himalayas. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science 115, 3410–3415.

STOFFEL, M., Corona, C., 2018. Future winters glimpsed in the Alps. Nature Geoscience 11, 458–460.

STOFFEL, M., Khodri, M., Corona, C., Guillet, S., Poulain, V., Bekki, S., Guiot, J., Luckman, B.H., Oppen-heimer, C., Lebas, N., Beniston, M., Masson-Delmotte, V., 2015. Estimates of volcanic-induced cooling in the Northern Hemisphere over the past 1,500 years. Nature Geoscience 8: 784–788.

STOFFEL, M., Corona, C., 2014. Dendroecological dating of geomorphic disturbance in trees. Tree-Ring Research 70, 3–20.

Bolch, T., Kulkarni, A., Cogley, G., Frey, H., Fujita, K., Huggel, C., Kargel, J., Paul, F., Scheel, M., Bajracharya S., STOFFEL, M., 2012. The state and fate of Himalayan glaciers. Science 336: 310–314.


Expertise of Markus Stoffel:
Expertise CategorySpecific Expertise
Expert TypeExpert Type
Scientific / Fundamental Research
Applied Sciences / Technologies / Engineering
Topic AtmosphereAtmosphere
Meteorology
Climate
Global Warming
Topic HydrosphereHydrosphere
Precipitation / Runoff
Topic CryosphereCryosphere
Glaciers
Snow Cover
Permafrost / Solifluction
Topic PedosphereSoil Degradation / Erosion / Desertification
Geology / Sediments
Topic BiosphereBiosphere
Plants
Biodiversity
Spatial ZonesMountain / Highland
Spatial ScaleSpatial Scale
Global / Hemispheric
Continental
Regional
National / Cultural
Local / Community
Time FrameTime Frame
Past
Past: Historical / Archeological
Past: Quarternary
Recent / Today
Future
Statistical FocusStatistical Focus
Extreme Events
Mean Change / Trends
Variability
Time ScaleTime Scale
Seasonal / Annual
Decadal / Centennial
Millenial
MethodsMethod
Data Collection - Measurement
Data Collection - Documents, Archives
Data Analysis
Modeling
Applied Research / Technology
Integrated Assessment
Program Coordination / Management
GeoForum Geo-TechnologyCartography
Geoinformatics

Specialties of Markus Stoffel:
Climate Change
Climate Impacts
Extreme Events
Tipping Points
Geomorphology
Mass Wasting
Dendroecology
Dendrogeomorphology
Paleoclimatology

Last update: 12/2/23
Source of data: ProClim- Research InfoSystem (1993-2024)
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