Future growth and decline of high mountain Asia's ice-dammed lakes and associated risk

Loris Compagno; Matthias Huss; Harry Zekollari; Evan S. Miles; Daniel Farinotti

doi:10.1038/s43247-022-00520-8

Communications Earth & Environment (Aug 2022)

Future growth and decline of high mountain Asia's ice-dammed lakes and associated risk

Loris Compagno,
Matthias Huss,
Harry Zekollari,
Evan S. Miles,
Daniel Farinotti

Affiliations

Loris Compagno: Laboratory of Hydraulics, Hydrology and Glaciology (VAW), ETH Zurich
Matthias Huss: Laboratory of Hydraulics, Hydrology and Glaciology (VAW), ETH Zurich
Harry Zekollari: Laboratory of Hydraulics, Hydrology and Glaciology (VAW), ETH Zurich
Evan S. Miles: Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research (WSL)
Daniel Farinotti: Laboratory of Hydraulics, Hydrology and Glaciology (VAW), ETH Zurich

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-022-00520-8
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 3, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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More than 10,000 locations in High-Mountain Asia are identified as likely to host ice-dammed lakes, responsible for most of the glacier outburst floods in High-Mountain Asia, using a combination of a digital elevation model and a glacier model.

Published in Communications Earth & Environment

ISSN: 2662-4435 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science: Geology; Geography. Anthropology. Recreation: Environmental sciences
Website: https://www.nature.com/commsenv/

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