The #Zugspitze - Germany's highest mountain is an absolute tourist magnet. Every year more than 500,000 visitors travel there to enjoy the breathtaking view over the peaks of the Alps and the idyllic Eibsee. However, very few people know that an ever-increasing danger lies deep beneath their feet... Thousands of years ago, a catastrophe of unimaginable proportions occurred on the Zugspitze. At that time, a huge part of the mountainside broke off, thundered into the valley and buried animals, plants - and possibly people - on its way. Remnants of the disaster can still be seen today: in the Eibsee. Jasmina Neudecker took a closer look at how this massive #landslide could have happened in this episode of #TerraXplore: • Eibsee: The dark secret behind the... Could such a landslide happen again? Is the Zugspitze still safe? Or is it only a matter of time before another catastrophe occurs? To answer these questions, Jasmina takes us not only to the Zugspitze in this episode of #TerraXplore, but also deep into its icy interior. Together with an expert and equipped with a thermometer, we go straight into the frozen heart of the mountain. Jasmina's mission: to take your temperature. Because due to climate change, the permafrost inside the mountain is threatening to thaw... ???? ******* You can also find more videos from the Terra X cosmos in the media library: https://www.zdf.de/dokumentation/terr... Terra X on Facebook: / zdfterrax Terra X on Instagram: / terrax ******* OUR SOURCES: ???? More on the connection between permafrost and landslides and rockfalls: https://www.wsl.ch/fileadmin/user_upl... ???? Study on permafrost development in the Alps: Krautblatter, Michael; Kellerer-Pirklbauer, Andreas; Gärtner-Roer, Isabelle (2018). Permafrost in the Alps: manifestations, distribution and future development. Geographical Review, (11):22-29. https://doi.org/10.5167/uzh-170231 ???? Study on permafrost development in the Zugspitze: Krautblatter, Michael & Verleysdonk, Sarah & Flores Orozco, Adrián & Kemna, Andreas. (2010). Temperature-calibrated imaging of seasonal changes in permafrost rock walls by quantitative electrical resistivity tomography (Zugspitze, German/Austrian Alps). Journal of Geophysical Research. 115. 10.1029/2008JF001209. https://doi.org/10.1029/2008JF001209 ???? More information on climate change in the Alps from the DAV: https://www.alpenverein.de/natur/nach... ???? Results of gravimeter surveys on the Zugspitze: Timmen, L.; Gerlach, C.; Rehm, T.; Völksen, C.; Voigt, C. Geodetic-Gravimetric Monitoring of Mountain Uplift and Hydrological Variations at Zugspitze and Wank Mountains (Bavarian Alps, Germany). Remote Sens. 2021, 13, 918. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs13050918 MORE INFORMATION ON THE SUBJECT: ???? "When the ice melts, there is a risk of more landslides", Christian Speicher, NZZ, August 29, 2017 https://www.nzz.ch/wissenschaft/bergs... ???? "How can natural hazards in the Alpine region be better predicted in the future?", BR, February 19, 2019 https://www.br.de/fernsehen/ard-alpha... ******* IN THE VIDEO Roland Eichhorn - Geologist ******* CREDITS Author: Lukas Bruns Director: Stephan Arapovic Camera: Martin Gasch, Benjamin Glitschka Sound: Franziska Busl Editing: Patryk Puchalski Graphics: Marc Trompetter Editors: Kristina Graß, Tobias Schultes, Christiane Götz-Sobel Production: Sybille Scharn, Florian Rehm ******* For In Terra Xplore, biologist Jasmina Neudecker gets to the bottom of the big and small questions in your life and discovers exciting topics from the areas of psychology and consciousness, health and nutrition, technology and digitalization, the environment and sustainability. In every episode, she is on the move. Sometimes in the city, sometimes in nature - but definitely everywhere where science touches us.