Mountain societies in developing and low-income countries are highly vulnerable to the
impacts of climate change, which can severely threaten their livelihoods. The situation of …

Abstract Glaciers in High Mountain Asia generate meltwater that supports the water needs of
250 million people, but current knowledge of annual accumulation and ablation is limited to …

Snow, glaciers and permafrost translate fluctuations of atmospheric conditions and highlight
current environmental changes. Monitoring of these changes is one of the major objectives …

Seasonal melting of glaciers and snow from the western Third Pole (TP) plays important role
in sustaining water supplies downstream. However, the future water availability of the …

The direct glaciological method provides in situ observations of annual or seasonal surface
mass balance, but can only be implemented through a succession of intensive in situ …

Glaciers in the northwestern Himalayan region of Jammu and Kashmir have been reported
to be retreating at higher rates as compared to other parts of the Himalayan arc. This study …

Glacier surface mass balance observations in the Tien Shan and Pamir are relatively sparse
and often discontinuous. Nevertheless, glaciers are one of the most important components …

Multi-decadal mass loss estimates are available for few glaciers of Central Asia. On
Abramov Glacier (Pamir-Alay, Kyrgyzstan), comprehensive long-term glaciological …

The cryosphere provides multiple services to society, but mountain cryosphere is shrinking
at an alarming rate worldwide due to climate change, threatening natural and human …

Water stable isotope signatures can provide valuable insights into the catchment internal
runoff processes. However, the ability of the water isotope data to constrain the internal …