The first Open-Access reserach article in the framework of the Hidden.ice is published by Hohensinner et al. in Frontiers in Environmental Science – Land Use Dynamics.

The presented long-term investigation of the Alpine landscape in “Tracing the Long-Term Evolution of Land Cover in an Alpine Valley 1820–2015 in the Light of Climate, Glacier and Land Use Changes” reveals that the transformation processes  have accelerated in recent decades such that the deglaciation process is much faster than the colonization process by Alpine vegetation.

The original article can be accessed HERE: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fenvs.2021.683397/full