Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences (Sep 2022)
Progress and challenges in glacial lake outburst flood research (2017–2021): a research community perspective
- A. Emmer,
- S. K. Allen,
- S. K. Allen,
- M. Carey,
- H. Frey,
- C. Huggel,
- O. Korup,
- O. Korup,
- M. Mergili,
- A. Sattar,
- G. Veh,
- T. Y. Chen,
- S. J. Cook,
- S. J. Cook,
- M. Correas-Gonzalez,
- S. Das,
- A. Diaz Moreno,
- F. Drenkhan,
- M. Fischer,
- W. W. Immerzeel,
- E. Izagirre,
- R. C. Joshi,
- I. Kougkoulos,
- R. Kuyakanon Knapp,
- R. Kuyakanon Knapp,
- D. Li,
- U. Majeed,
- S. Matti,
- H. Moulton,
- F. Nick,
- V. Piroton,
- I. Rashid,
- M. Reza,
- A. Ribeiro de Figueiredo,
- C. Riveros,
- C. Riveros,
- F. Shrestha,
- M. Shrestha,
- J. Steiner,
- N. Walker-Crawford,
- J. L. Wood,
- J. C. Yde
Affiliations
- A. Emmer
- Institute of Geography and Regional Science, University of Graz, Graz, Austria
- S. K. Allen
- Department of Geography, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
- S. K. Allen
- Institute for Environmental Sciences, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
- M. Carey
- Environmental Studies Program and Geography Department, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon, USA
- H. Frey
- Department of Geography, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
- C. Huggel
- Department of Geography, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
- O. Korup
- Institute of Environmental Science and Geography, University of Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany
- O. Korup
- Institute of Geosciences, University of Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany
- M. Mergili
- Institute of Geography and Regional Science, University of Graz, Graz, Austria
- A. Sattar
- Department of Geography, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
- G. Veh
- Institute of Environmental Science and Geography, University of Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany
- T. Y. Chen
- Columbia University, New York, New York, USA
- S. J. Cook
- Geography and Environmental Science, University of Dundee, Dundee, UK
- S. J. Cook
- UNESCO Centre for Water Law, Policy and Science, University of Dundee, Dundee, UK
- M. Correas-Gonzalez
- Instituto Argentino de Nivología Glaciología y Ciencias Ambientales (IANIGLA), CONICET, UNCUYO, Gobierno de Mendoza, Mendoza, Argentina
- S. Das
- Centre for the Study of Regional Development, JNU, New Delhi, India
- A. Diaz Moreno
- Reynolds International Ltd., Mold, UK
- F. Drenkhan
- Geography and the Environment, Department of Humanities, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, Lima, Peru
- M. Fischer
- Institute of Environmental Science and Geography, University of Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany
- W. W. Immerzeel
- Faculty of Geosciences, Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands
- E. Izagirre
- Department of Geology, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, Leioa, Spain
- R. C. Joshi
- Department of Geography, Kumaun University, Nainital, India
- I. Kougkoulos
- Department of Science and Mathematics, The American College of Greece, Greece
- R. Kuyakanon Knapp
- Department of Social Anthropology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
- R. Kuyakanon Knapp
- Department of Culture Studies and Oriental Languages (IKOS), University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
- D. Li
- Department of Geography, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
- U. Majeed
- Department of Geoinformatics, University of Kashmir, Srinagar, India
- S. Matti
- University of Iceland, Reykjavík, Iceland
- H. Moulton
- Environmental Studies Program, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon, USA
- F. Nick
- Faculty of Geosciences, Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands
- V. Piroton
- University of Liège, Liège, Belgium
- I. Rashid
- Department of Geoinformatics, University of Kashmir, Srinagar, India
- M. Reza
- Department of Geography, Kumaun University, Nainital, India
- A. Ribeiro de Figueiredo
- Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil
- C. Riveros
- Instituto Nacional de Investigación en Glaciares y Ecosistemas de Montaña (INAIGEM), Lima, Peru
- C. Riveros
- National Agrarian University La Molina, Lima, Peru
- F. Shrestha
- International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD), Kathmandu, Nepal
- M. Shrestha
- School of Sustainability, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, USA
- J. Steiner
- International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD), Kathmandu, Nepal
- N. Walker-Crawford
- University College London, London, UK
- J. L. Wood
- Centre for Geography and Environmental Science, University of Exeter, Exeter, UK
- J. C. Yde
- Western Norway University of Applied Sciences, Bergen, Norway
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-22-3041-2022
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 22
pp. 3041 – 3061
Abstract
Glacial lake outburst floods (GLOFs) are among the most concerning consequences of retreating glaciers in mountain ranges worldwide. GLOFs have attracted significant attention amongst scientists and practitioners in the past 2 decades, with particular interest in the physical drivers and mechanisms of GLOF hazard and in socioeconomic and other human-related developments that affect vulnerabilities to GLOF events. This increased research focus on GLOFs is reflected in the gradually increasing number of papers published annually. This study offers an overview of recent GLOF research by analysing 594 peer-reviewed GLOF studies published between 2017 and 2021 (Web of Science and Scopus databases), reviewing the content and geographical focus as well as other characteristics of GLOF studies. This review is complemented with perspectives from the first GLOF conference (7–9 July 2021, online) where a global GLOF research community of major mountain regions gathered to discuss the current state of the art of integrated GLOF research. Therefore, representatives from 17 countries identified and elaborated trends and challenges and proposed possible ways forward to navigate future GLOF research, in four thematic areas: (i) understanding GLOFs – timing and processes; (ii) modelling GLOFs and GLOF process chains; (iii) GLOF risk management, prevention and warning; and (iv) human dimensions of GLOFs and GLOF attribution to climate change.
