Alpine glaciers worldwide will lose most of their volume by the end of the 21st century,
placing alpine ecosystems and human populations at risk. The new lands that emerge from …

Globally, glacial and paraglacial environments in mountains are vulnerable to the effects of
ongoing contemporary climate change (global warming), but monitoring of such systems …

The challenge of climate change in glaciated mountain systems is significant and cannot be
met without adaptation actions and research that addresses the interwoven scientific …

Periglacial and paraglacial environments, located outside ice sheet margins but responding
to similar climate forcings, are key to identifying climate change effects upon the Earth …

Mountain glaciers are sensitive probes of the local climate, and, thus, they present an
opportunity and a challenge to interpret climates of the past and to predict future changes …

The world's mountains bear many glaciers, somewhere between 150,000 and 200,000 by
current estimates. 1 Nearly all are shrinking. 2 As temperatures increase, the massive banks …

Mountain glaciers are transient hydrologic reservoirs persisting at the habitable extremes of
Earth that both document and respond to climate change. They withhold water in solid …

Glaciers are considered a key and an iconic indicator of climate change. The World Glacier
Monitoring Service has noted that global alpine balance has been negative for 35 …

The retreat of glaciers worldwide, from the Alpine areas to Antarctica, in the course of the last
few decades, is frequently mentioned as a clear and unambiguous sign of global warming …

The high tropical Andes are rapidly changing due to climate change, leading to strong biotic
community, ecosystem, and landscape transformations. While a wealth of glacier, water …