Arctic climate change update 2019
New observations confirm continued rapid warming in the Arctic, driving many of the changes underway in the region, including loss of sea ice and glacier coverage, as well as changes in terrestrial and
Glaciers
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Large losses in glacier area and water availability by the end of the twenty-first century under high emission scenario, Satluj basin, Himalaya
<p>Glaciers in the Satluj river basin in western Himalaya are likely to lose 33% of their area by 2050 and 81% by the end of the century, under Representative Concentration Pathway - RCP 8.5 scenario,
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The Andean glacier and water atlas: the impact of glacier retreat on water resources
If current trends continue, some of the lower-altitude glaciers of the tropical Andes could lose between 78 and 97% of their volume by the end of the century, reducing the region’s available freshwater
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Near‐surface environmentally forced changes in the Ross Ice Shelf observed with ambient seismic noise
<p>Continuous seismic observations across the Ross Ice Shelf reveal ubiquitous ambientresonances at frequencies >5 Hz.<a href="http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/files/file/Ross_Iceshelf_Chaput_et_al-2018-Geophysical_Research_Letters.pdf"
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Global sea-level budget 1993–present
Over the last 50 years more than 90 % of the excess heat excess accumulated in the climate system because of greenhouse gas emissions has been stored in the ocean. The rest has been warming the atmosphere
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HP must wake up to climate change impacts: Experts
Shimla: As experts shared a stage to discuss impacts of climate change on mountain ecosystems, it emerged that it’s high time to come up with mitigation strategies to sustain livelihood of farmers in Himachal
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Seasonal variation and light absorption property of carbonaceous aerosol in a typical glacier region of the southeastern Tibetan Plateau
<p>Deposition and accumulation of light-absorbing carbonaceous aerosol on glacier surfaces can alter the energy balance of glaciers. In this study, 2 years (December 2014 to December 2016) of continuous
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Irrigation as a potential driver for anomalous glacier behavior in high mountain Asia
<p>Many glaciers in the northwest of High Mountain Asia (HMA) show an almost zero or positive mass balance, despite the global trend of melting glaciers. This phenomenon is often referred to as the “Karakoram
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The status of glacial lakes in the Hindu Kush Himalaya
This report provides comprehensive information about the glacial lakes of five major river basins of the Hindu Kush Himalaya (HKH) — Amu Darya, Indus, Ganges, Brahmaputra, and Irrawaddy, including Mansarovar
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Global-scale hydrological response to future glacier mass loss
Worldwide glacier retreat and associated future runoff changes raise major concerns over the sustainability of global water resources, but global-scale assessments of glacier decline and the resulting