BACKGROUND The Himalayan-Karakoram (HK) region in south Asia is one of the most
heavily glacierized and vulnerable mountainous regions on Earth. The Indus, Ganges, and …

Abstract The Hindu Kush Himalayan (HKH hereafter) region is characterized by
mountainous environments and a variety of regional climatic conditions. High-altitude …

On the basis of mean temperature, maximum temperature and minimum temperature from
the updated China Homogenized Historical Temperature Data Sets, the recent warming in …

Despite several regional glacier and glacier lake inventories, the relationship between
receding glacier, glacial lake evolution (glacial-lake interactions) and their sensitivity to …

We quantify the effects of grain shape and multiple black carbon (BC)‐snow internal mixing
on snow albedo by explicitly resolving shape and mixing structures. Nonspherical snow …

Glaciers in the northwestern Himalayan region of Jammu and Kashmir have been reported
to be retreating at higher rates as compared to other parts of the Himalayan arc. This study …

The amount of reflected energy by snow and ice plays a fundamental role in their melting
processes. Different non-ice materials (carbonaceous particles, mineral dust (MD) …

Air pollution has large impacts on the Hindu Kush Himalaya (HKH), affecting not just the
health of people and ecosystems, but also climate, the cryosphere, monsoon patterns, water …

Glaciers in the eastern Hindukush, western Karakoram, and northwestern Himalayan
mountain ranges of Northern Pakistan are not responding to global warming in the same …

Mountain glaciers are excellent indicators of climate change and have an important role in
the terrestrial water cycle and food security in many parts of the world. Glaciers are the major …