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 Study Region The Naryn River Basin, Kyrgyzstan Study Focus We investigate the
impacts of climate change in the basin based on two families of General Circulation Models …

High mountain glaciers (HMGs), called the water towers of the world, are vulnerable to the
effects of climate change and thus are rapidly shrinking. Monitoring and evaluating large …

Abstract High Mountain Asia (HMA) glaciers are a key component of mountain hydrology
and their seasonal ablation contributes significantly to the annual runoff of several large river …

We have investigated the source and role of light-absorbing impurities (LAIs) deposited on
the glaciers of the Olivares catchment, in Central Chile. LAIs can considerably darken …

The Tian Shan mountain range, known as the water towers of Central Asia, plays a key role
in local water supply, yet large uncertainties remain about the amount of water that is stored …

Snow and ice dominated basins are particularly vulnerable to climate change but estimating
their hydrological balance remains challenging in data-scarce regions like the Tien Shan …

Abstract In the Tien Shan, few modelling studies exist that examine in detail how individual
ice bodies are responding to climate change. Nonetheless, earlier research demonstrated …

The mean specific mass balance of a glacier represents the direct link between a glacier
and the local climate. Hence, it is intensively monitored throughout the world. In the Kyrgyz …

Several studies identified heterogeneous glacier mass changes in western High Mountain
Asia over the last decades. Causes for these mass change patterns are still not fully …