The mountain cryosphere of mainland Europe is recognized to have important impacts on a
range of environmental processes. In this paper, we provide an overview on the current …

Glaciers distinct from the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets are currently losing mass
rapidly with direct and severe impacts on the habitability of some regions on Earth as glacier …

Abstract High Mountain Asia hosts the largest glacier concentration outside the polar
regions. These glaciers are important contributors to streamflow in one of the most …

Mountain glaciers are known to be strongly affected by global climate change. Here we
compute temporally consistent changes in glacier area, surface elevation and ice mass over …

Glaciers in the European Alps play an important role in the hydrological cycle, act as a
source for hydroelectricity and have a large touristic importance. The future evolution of …

Observations show that glaciers around the world are in retreat and losing mass.
Internationally coordinated for over a century, glacier monitoring activities provide an …

Surges and glacier avalanches are expressions of glacier instability, and among the most
dramatic phenomena in the mountain cryosphere. Until now, the catastrophic collapse of a …

The Andes Cordillera contains the most diverse cryosphere on Earth, including extensive
areas covered by seasonal snow, numerous tropical and extratropical glaciers, and many …

Ice cliff backwasting on debris-covered glaciers is recognized as an important mass-loss
process that is potentially responsible for the “debris-cover anomaly”, ie the fact that debris …

Approximately 25% of the glacierized area in the Everest region is covered by debris, yet the
surface mass balance of debris-covered portions of these glaciers has not been measured …