Mountains are essential sources of freshwater for our world, but their role in global water
resources could well be significantly altered by climate change. How well do we understand …

The glaciers of western Canada and the conterminous United States have dominantly
retreated since the end of the Little Ice Age (LIA) in the nineteenth century, although average …

An extreme (weather or climate) event is generally defined as the occurrence of a value of a
weather or climate variable above (or below) a threshold value near the upper (or lower) …

Although reliable figures are often missing, considerable detrimental changes due to
shrinking glaciers are universally expected for water availability in river systems under the …

Analyzing the impacts of climate change on hydrology and future projections of water
supplies is fundamental for the efficient management and planning of water resources in …

The hydrology of many important river systems in the world is influenced by the presence of
glaciers in their upper reaches. We assess the global‐scale response of glacier runoff to …

The tropical glaciers of the Cordillera Blanca, Peru, are rapidly retreating, resulting in
complex impacts on the hydrology of the upper Río Santa watershed. The effect of this …

Physical erosion and chemical weathering rates beneath glaciers are expected to increase
in a warming climate with enhanced melting but are poorly constrained. We present a global …

Very small glaciers (< 0.5 km2) account for more than 80% of the total number of glaciers in
mid-to low-latitude mountain ranges. Although their total area and volume is small compared …

The contribution of glaciers to runoff from large‐scale drainage basins in Europe is analyzed
for the major streams originating in the Alps: Rhine, Rhone, Po, and Danube. Detailed …