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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
Densely populated floodplains downstream of Asia's mountain ranges depend heavily on mountain water resources, in particular for irrigation. An intensive and complex multi …
Abstract Irrigated agriculture in South Asia depends on meltwater, monsoon rains and groundwater. Climate change alters the hydrology and causes shifts in the timing …
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 …
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 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 …