In mountainous regions, climate change threatens cryospheric water resources, and
understanding all components of the hydrological cycle is necessary for effective water …

Glacier outburst floods are sudden releases of large amounts of water from a glacier. They
are a pervasive natural hazard worldwide. They have an association with climate primarily …

The anticipated retreat of glaciers around the globe will pose far-reaching challenges to the
management of fresh water resources and significantly contribute to sea-level rise within the …

The second Chinese glacier inventory was compiled based on 218 Landsat TM/ETM+
scenes acquired mainly during 2006–10. The widely used band ratio segmentation method …

Abstract The Tienshan Mountains, with its status as “water tower”, is the main water source
and ecological barrier in Central Asia. The rapid warming affected precipitation amounts and …

The Himalaya, the world's highest mountain ranges, are home to a large group of glaciers
and glacial lakes. Glacial lake outburst floods (GLOFs) in this region have resulted in …

The Indus basin heavily depends on its upstream mountainous part for the downstream
supply of water while downstream demands are high. Since downstream demands will likely …

Abstract Populations in Central Asia are heavily dependent on snow and glacier melt for
their water supplies. Changes to the glaciers in the main mountain range in this region, the …

We present glacier thickness changes over the entire Pamir–Karakoram–Himalaya arc
based on ICESat satellite altimetry data for 2003–2008. We highlight the importance of C …

Glacier mass loss is recognized as a major contributor to current sea level rise. However,
large uncertainties remain in projections of glacier mass loss on global and regional scales …