Melting of Himalayan glaciers and planetary health
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DOI: 10.1016/j.cosust.2021.02.002
Abstract: The association of melting Himalayan glaciers and planetary health is complex. Climate change has accelerated the melting of Himalayan glaciers, with profound impacts on the planetary health realms of the Himalayan region and that now… read more here.
Keywords: health; melting himalayan; security; planetary health ... See more keywords
Himalayan glaciers experienced significant mass loss during later phases of little ice age
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DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-09212-2
Abstract: To date, there is a gap in the data about the state and mass balance of glaciers in the climate-sensitive subtropical regions during the Little Ice Age (LIA). Here, based on an unprecedented tree-ring sampling… read more here.
Keywords: mass balance; ice age; little ice; himalayan glaciers ... See more keywords
Heterogeneity in topographic control on velocities of Western Himalayan glaciers
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DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-31310-y
Abstract: Studies of the seasonal and annual patterns of glacier velocities improve our understanding of the ice volume, topography, responses to climate change, and surge events of glaciers. Such studies are especially relevant and equally rare… read more here.
Keywords: topography; heterogeneity topographic; control velocities; himalayan glaciers ... See more keywords
Accelerated mass loss of Himalayan glaciers since the Little Ice Age
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DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-03805-8
Abstract: Himalayan glaciers are undergoing rapid mass loss but rates of contemporary change lack long-term (centennial-scale) context. Here, we reconstruct the extent and surfaces of 14,798 Himalayan glaciers during the Little Ice Age (LIA), 400 to… read more here.
Keywords: himalayan glaciers; ice age; loss; little ice ... See more keywords