Abstract
We employ an interdisciplinary approach to realize, monitor and evaluate landslides and related slope movements caused by changing climate. The stability of natural slopes and existing earth structures, such as dams and road cuts, will be affected by changing precipitation and groundwater conditions. The study was conducted at three sites in southwestern of Germany along the A8 motorway on the northern edge of the Swabian Alb. These included a dam, a cut slope and natural rock towers. The results so far seem to indicate climate-related slope movements could increase in the future. Monitoring verifies that deformations occurring and correlations between climate data and geodata have been found. Previously published results indicate an increase in extreme rainfall events. Changes in water content of the exposed mud- and siltstones lead to irreversible weakening of material structure, as expected by changing precipitation and groundwater conditions.
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