Avalanche research generates wide media coverage

Global media coverage for an original scientific study by D-BAUG Professor Alexander Puzrin and researchers from EPFL: their new avalanche theory puts forth a plausible explanation for the mysterious 1959 death of nine hikers in the Ural Mountains in the former Soviet Union. Since then, the rumor has persisted that the Russian state had covered up the truth behind the accident. The study was recently published in "Communications Earth & Environment" and picked up by media outlets worldwide.