Why scientists are ‘listening’ to the Matterhorn

Sparked by an unexpected rockfall, researchers placed sensors on the mountain to monitor the site. …

In 2003 an extremely large, unexpected, rockfall on the Matterhorn mountain caused evacuations and a temporary halt to climbing.

It sparked the creation of PermaSense, a project designed to learn more about the mountain’s movements, which has since generated many years of data.

BBC Click finds out more.

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