Health and sustainability of glaciers in High Mountain Asia

Evan Miles; Michael McCarthy; Amaury Dehecq; Marin Kneib; Stefan Fugger; Francesca Pellicciotti

doi:10.1038/s41467-021-23073-4

Nature Communications (May 2021)

Health and sustainability of glaciers in High Mountain Asia

Evan Miles,
Michael McCarthy,
Amaury Dehecq,
Marin Kneib,
Stefan Fugger,
Francesca Pellicciotti

Affiliations

Evan Miles: Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL
Michael McCarthy: Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL
Amaury Dehecq: Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL
Marin Kneib: Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL
Stefan Fugger: Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL
Francesca Pellicciotti: Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-23073-4
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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Glaciers in High Mountain Asia are a key water resource. The authors use remote sensing data and a regional implementation of the continuity equation to quantify glacier ablation and accumulation rates for 2000–2016, and establish current climatic-geometric imbalances that imply strong reductions in ice volume by 2100.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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