Warming-driven erosion and sediment transport in cold regions

T Zhang, D Li, AE East, DE Walling, S Lane… - Nature Reviews Earth & …, 2022 - nature.com
Rapid atmospheric warming since the mid-twentieth century has increased temperature-
dependent erosion and sediment-transport processes in cold environments, affecting food …

Geodiversity of proglacial areas and implications for geosystem services: A review

IM Bollati, C Viani, A Masseroli, G Mortara, B Testa… - Geomorphology, 2023 - Elsevier
Proglacial areas represent the counterpart of glacial retreat, where a new environmental
equilibrium will be reached. During this long and complex stage, which represents the …

Increasing landslide activity in the Taxkorgan River Basin (eastern Pamirs Plateau, China) driven by climate change

Y Pei, H Qiu, D Yang, Z Liu, S Ma, J Li, M Cao… - Catena, 2023 - Elsevier
Global warming promotes glacier retreat, snow melting, and permafrost thawing, thereby
increasing landslide activity in alpine mountain regions. However, our understanding of the …

Shifted sediment-transport regimes by climate change and amplified hydrological variability in cryosphere-fed rivers

T Zhang, D Li, AE East, AJ Kettner, J Best, J Ni… - Science …, 2023 - science.org
Climate change affects cryosphere-fed rivers and alters seasonal sediment dynamics,
affecting cyclical fluvial material supply and year-round water-food-energy provisions to …

1991–2020 climate normal in the European Alps: focus on high-elevation environments

G Nigrelli, M Chiarle - Journal of Mountain Science, 2023 - Springer
Alps are an important geographical area of the European continent and, in this area,
temperature increase is most evident. However, the 1991–2020 climate normal in the Alps …

The 28 November 2020 landslide, tsunami, and outburst flood–A hazard cascade associated with rapid deglaciation at Elliot Creek, British Columbia, Canada

M Geertsema, B Menounos, G Bullard… - Geophysical …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
We describe and model the evolution of a recent landslide, tsunami, outburst flood, and
sediment plume in the southern Coast Mountains, British Columbia, Canada. On November …

[HTML][HTML] Identifying mountain permafrost degradation by repeating historical electrical resistivity tomography (ERT) measurements

J Buckel, J Mudler, R Gardeweg, C Hauck… - The …, 2023 - tc.copernicus.org
Ongoing global warming intensifies the degradation of permafrost. Permafrost thawing
impacts landform evolution, reduces freshwater resources, enhances the potential of natural …

Rockfall from an increasingly unstable mountain slope driven by climate warming

M Stoffel, DG Trappmann, MI Coullie… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Rockfall in high-mountain regions is thought to be changing due to accelerating climate
warming and permafrost degradation, possibly resulting in enhanced activity and larger …

Mechanisms of landslide destabilization induced by glacier‐retreat on Tungnakvíslarjökull area, Iceland

P Lacroix, JMC Belart, E Berthier… - Geophysical …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The massive worldwide deglaciation leads to more frequent slope instabilities in
mountainous terrains. The physical processes leading to such destabilizations are poorly …

Rapid fluvial remobilization of sediments deposited by the 2021 Chamoli disaster, Indian Himalaya

MJ Westoby, SA Dunning, JL Carrivick… - …, 2023 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
High-magnitude mass flows can have a pervasive geomorphological legacy, yet the short-
term response of valley floors to such intense disturbances is poorly known and poses …