Observation-based estimates of global glacier mass change and its contribution to sea-level change

B Marzeion, N Champollion, W Haeberli… - Integrative study of the …, 2017 - Springer
Glaciers have strongly contributed to sea-level rise during the past century and will continue
to be an important part of the sea-level budget during the twenty-first century. Here, we …

Rapid glacier retreat and downwasting throughout the European Alps in the early 21st century

C Sommer, P Malz, TC Seehaus, S Lippl… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Mountain glaciers are known to be strongly affected by global climate change. Here we
compute temporally consistent changes in glacier area, surface elevation and ice mass over …

Pyrenean glaciers are disappearing fast: state of the glaciers after the extreme mass losses in 2022 and 2023

E Izagirre, J Revuelto, I Vidaller… - Regional Environmental …, 2024 - Springer
Given rapid glacier thinning and retreat observed in the Pyrenees in recent decades, an
updated glacier inventory and continuous mass balance assessments are important to …

Glacier shrinkage in the Alps continues unabated as revealed by a new glacier inventory from Sentinel-2

F Paul, P Rastner, RS Azzoni, G Diolaiuti… - Earth System …, 2019 - essd.copernicus.org
The on-going glacier shrinkage in the Alps requires frequent updates of glacier outlines to
provide an accurate database for monitoring or modeling purposes (eg determination of run …

Pronounced increase in slope instability linked to global warming: A case study from the eastern European Alps

S Savi, F Comiti, MR Strecker - Earth Surface Processes and …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
In recent decades, slope instability in high‐mountain regions has often been linked to
increase in temperature and the associated permafrost degradation and/or the increase in …

Surface elevation and mass changes of all Swiss glaciers 1980–2010

M Fischer, M Huss, M Hoelzle - The Cryosphere, 2015 - tc.copernicus.org
Since the mid-1980s, glaciers in the European Alps have shown widespread and
accelerating mass losses. This article presents glacier-specific changes in surface elevation …

The new Swiss Glacier Inventory SGI2010: relevance of using high-resolution source data in areas dominated by very small glaciers

M Fischer, M Huss, C Barboux… - Arctic, Antarctic, and …, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
In view of the rapid and accelerating glacier retreat observed in the European Alps during
the last decades, the repeated creation of glacier inventories is important to understand the …

[HTML][HTML] The surface of small glaciers as radioactive hotspots: Concentration of radioisotopes during predicted intensive melting in the Alps

J Buda, S Błażej, R Ambrosini, R Scotti, F Pittino… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2024 - Elsevier
Glaciers are considered secondary sources of pollutants, including radioisotopes such as
Cesium or Plutonium, with heightened concentrations compared to other ecosystems. The …

Multitemporal glacier inventory of the French Alps from the late 1960s to the late 2000s

M Gardent, A Rabatel, JP Dedieu, P Deline - Global and Planetary Change, 2014 - Elsevier
The most recent and complete French glacier inventory was previously the Vivian database,
dating from the end of the 1960s but incorporated in the World Glacier Inventory database at …

Toward an ice‐free mountain range: demise of Pyrenean glaciers during 2011–2020

I Vidaller, J Revuelto, E Izagirre… - Geophysical …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Pyrenean glaciers are the largest in southern Europe. Their survival is threatened by climate
change, highlighting the significance of their study. This research presents an assessment of …