Glacial change and hydrological implications in the Himalaya and Karakoram

Y Nie, HD Pritchard, Q Liu, T Hennig, W Wang… - Nature reviews earth & …, 2021 - nature.com
Abstract Glaciers in the Himalaya–Karakoram mountain ranges harbour approximately half
of the ice volume in High-mountain Asia and modulate the flow of freshwater to almost 869 …

Glaciohydrology of the himalaya-karakoram

MF Azam, JS Kargel, JM Shea, S Nepal, UK Haritashya… - Science, 2021 - science.org
BACKGROUND The Himalayan-Karakoram (HK) region in south Asia is one of the most
heavily glacierized and vulnerable mountainous regions on Earth. The Indus, Ganges, and …

A consensus estimate for the ice thickness distribution of all glaciers on Earth

D Farinotti, M Huss, JJ Fürst, J Landmann… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Abstract Knowledge of the ice thickness distribution of the world's glaciers is a fundamental
prerequisite for a range of studies. Projections of future glacier change, estimates of the …

Acceleration of ice loss across the Himalayas over the past 40 years

JM Maurer, JM Schaefer, S Rupper, A Corley - Science advances, 2019 - science.org
Himalayan glaciers supply meltwater to densely populated catchments in South Asia, and
regional observations of glacier change over multiple decades are needed to understand …

Impact of a global temperature rise of 1.5 degrees Celsius on Asia's glaciers

PDA Kraaijenbrink, MFP Bierkens, AF Lutz… - Nature, 2017 - nature.com
Glaciers in the high mountains of Asia (HMA) make a substantial contribution to the water
supply of millions of people,, and they are retreating and losing mass as a result of …

Importance of snow and glacier meltwater for agriculture on the Indo-Gangetic Plain

H Biemans, C Siderius, AF Lutz, S Nepal… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Densely populated floodplains downstream of Asia's mountain ranges depend heavily on
mountain water resources, in particular for irrigation. An intensive and complex multi …

South Asian agriculture increasingly dependent on meltwater and groundwater

AF Lutz, WW Immerzeel, C Siderius… - Nature Climate …, 2022 - nature.com
Abstract Irrigated agriculture in South Asia depends on meltwater, monsoon rains and
groundwater. Climate change alters the hydrology and causes shifts in the timing …

Status and change of the cryosphere in the extended Hindu Kush Himalaya region

T Bolch, JM Shea, S Liu, FM Azam, Y Gao… - The Hindu Kush …, 2019 - Springer
The cryosphere is defined by the presence of frozen water in its many forms: glaciers, ice
caps, ice sheets, snow, permafrost, and river and lake ice. In the extended Hindu Kush …

Review of the status and mass changes of Himalayan-Karakoram glaciers

MF Azam, P Wagnon, E Berthier, C Vincent… - Journal of …, 2018 - cambridge.org
We present a comprehensive review of the status and changes in glacier length (since the
1850s), area and mass (since the 1960s) along the Himalayan-Karakoram (HK) region and …

Global sea-level budget 1993-present

A Cazenave, B Meyssignac, M Ablain, M Balmaseda… - 2018 - figshare.utas.edu.au
Global mean sea level is an integral of changes occurring in the climate system in response
to unforced climate variability as well as natural and anthropogenic forcing factors. Its …