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 …

Catchments headed by temperate glaciers are severely impacted by climate change, and
extensively studied from glaciological and surface hydrology perspectives. However …

Rapid urbanisation increasingly affects small and medium-sized towns adversely in high
mountain regions, which are especially vulnerable to socioecological challenges like …

This study assessed spatiotemporal changes at Gya Glacier, the associated development of
a proglacial lake, and reconstructed the 2014 outburst flood that struck Gya Village in the …

In the Himalayas, water is seen by some as intricately linked to humans and produced
through ethical actions. Its materiality, as a lack or excess of rain or snow, as healthy or …

The consequences of even small glacier decrease and changes of seasonal snow cover are
critical for the functioning of meltwater-dependent mountain agriculture. In order to deal with …

This article attempts to reconstruct the causes and consequences of the 2014 glacial lake
outburst flood (GLOF) event in Gya, Ladakh. We analyse the evolution of the Gya glacial …

We present the first-ever mass-balance (MB) observation (2014–19), reconstruction
(between 1978 and 2019) and sensitivity of debris-free Stok glacier (33.98° N, 77.45° E) …

Irrigated agriculture is crucial for the livelihood security of mountain communities in the
northwestern part of the Himalayan arc and adjoining regions of the Karakoram Hindu Kush …

The importance of updated knowledge about the glacier extent and characteristics in the
Himalaya cannot be overemphasized. Availability of precise glacier inventories in the …