Radiative forcing by light-absorbing particles in snow

SMK Skiles, M Flanner, JM Cook, M Dumont… - Nature Climate …, 2018 - nature.com
As one of the brightest natural surfaces on Earth, the darkening of snow by light-absorbing
particles (LAPs)—dust, black carbon or microbial growth—can trigger albedo feedbacks and …

Measuring glacier mass changes from space—a review

E Berthier, D Floriciou, AS Gardner… - Reports on Progress …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
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 …

High mountain areas

R Hock, G Rasul, C Adler, B Cáceres, S Gruber… - IPCC special report on …, 2019 - iris.unito.it
The cryosphere (including, snow, glaciers, permafrost, lake and river ice) is an integral
element of high mountain regions, which are home to roughly 10% of the global population …

[HTML][HTML] Global glacier mass loss during the GRACE satellite mission (2002-2016)

B Wouters, AS Gardner, G Moholdt - Frontiers in earth science, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Glaciers outside of the ice sheets are known to be important contributors to sea level rise. In
this work, we provide an overview of changes in the mass of the world's glaciers, excluding …

Continuity of the mass loss of the world's glaciers and ice caps from the GRACE and GRACE Follow‐On missions

E Ciracì, I Velicogna, S Swenson - Geophysical Research …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
We use time series of time‐variable gravity from the Gravitational Recovery and Climate
Experiment (GRACE) and GRACE Follow‐On (GRACE‐FO) missions to evaluate the mass …

Glacier fluctuations during the past 2000 years

ON Solomina, RS Bradley, V Jomelli… - Quaternary Science …, 2016 - Elsevier
A global compilation of glacier advances and retreats for the past two millennia grouped by
17 regions (excluding Antarctica) highlights the nature of glacier fluctuations during the late …

Glacier topography and elevation changes derived from Pléiades sub-meter stereo images

E Berthier, C Vincent, E Magnússon… - The …, 2014 - tc.copernicus.org
In response to climate change, most glaciers are losing mass and hence contribute to sea-
level rise. Repeated and accurate mapping of their surface topography is required to …

Glaciers in the Earth's hydrological cycle: assessments of glacier mass and runoff changes on global and regional scales

V Radić, R Hock - Surveys in Geophysics, 2014 - Springer
Abstract Changes in mass contained by mountain glaciers and ice caps can modify the
Earth's hydrological cycle on multiple scales. On a global scale, the mass loss from glaciers …

[HTML][HTML] Glacier changes in Iceland from∼ 1890 to 2019

G Aðalgeirsdóttir, E Magnússon, F Pálsson… - Frontiers in Earth …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
The volume of glaciers in Iceland (∼ 3,400 km 3 in 2019) corresponds to about 9 mm of
potential global sea level rise. In this study, observations from 98.7% of glacier covered …

Arctic hydroclimate variability during the last 2000 years: current understanding and research challenges

HW Linderholm, M Nicolle, P Francus… - Climate of the …, 2018 - cp.copernicus.org
Reanalysis data show an increasing trend in Arctic precipitation over the 20th century, but
changes are not homogenous across seasons or space. The observed hydroclimate …