Global glacier change in the 21st century: Every increase in temperature matters

DR Rounce, R Hock, F Maussion, R Hugonnet… - Science, 2023 - science.org
Glacier mass loss affects sea level rise, water resources, and natural hazards. We present
global glacier projections, excluding the ice sheets, for shared socioeconomic pathways …

A systematic, regional assessment of high mountain Asia glacier mass balance

DE Shean, S Bhushan, P Montesano… - Frontiers in Earth …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
High-mountain Asia (HMA) constitutes the largest glacierized region outside of the Earth's
polar regions. Although available observations are limited, long-term records indicate …

Ice‐Dynamical Glacier Evolution Modeling—A Review

H Zekollari, M Huss, D Farinotti… - Reviews of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Glaciers play a crucial role in the Earth System: they are important water suppliers to lower‐
lying areas during hot and dry periods, and they are major contributors to the observed …

Glacier mass change in High Mountain Asia through 2100 using the open-source python glacier evolution model (PyGEM)

DR Rounce, R Hock, DE Shean - Frontiers in Earth Science, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Glaciers in High Mountain Asia are an important freshwater resource for large populations
living downstream who rely on runoff for hydropower, irrigation, and municipal use …

Accelerating glacier volume loss on Juneau Icefield driven by hypsometry and melt-accelerating feedbacks

B Davies, R McNabb, J Bendle, J Carrivick… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Globally, glaciers and icefields contribute significantly to sea level rise. Here we show that
ice loss from Juneau Icefield, a plateau icefield in Alaska, accelerated after 2005 AD. Rates …

Distributed global debris thickness estimates reveal debris significantly impacts glacier mass balance

DR Rounce, R Hock, RW McNabb… - Geophysical …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Supraglacial debris affects glacier mass balance as a thin layer enhances surface melting,
while a thick layer reduces it. While many glaciers are debris‐covered, global glacier models …

Contrasting fate of western Third Pole's water resources under 21st century climate change

F Su, HD Pritchard, T Yao, J Huang, T Ou… - Earth's …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Seasonal melting of glaciers and snow from the western Third Pole (TP) plays important role
in sustaining water supplies downstream. However, the future water availability of the …

The unquantified mass loss of Northern Hemisphere marine-terminating glaciers from 2000–2020

W Kochtitzky, L Copland, W Van Wychen… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Abstract In the Northern Hemisphere,~ 1500 glaciers, accounting for 28% of glacierized area
outside the Greenland Ice Sheet, terminate in the ocean. Glacier mass loss at their ice …

Grand challenges of hydrologic modeling for food-energy-water nexus security in high mountain Asia

SK Mishra, S Rupper, S Kapnick, K Casey… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Climate-influenced changes in hydrology affect water-food-energy security that may impact
up to two billion people downstream of the High Mountain Asia (HMA) region. Changes in …

[HTML][HTML] Water balance model (WBM) v. 1.0. 0: a scalable gridded global hydrologic model with water-tracking functionality

DS Grogan, S Zuidema, A Prusevich… - Geoscientific Model …, 2022 - gmd.copernicus.org
This paper describes the University of New Hampshire Water Balance Model, WBM, a
process-based gridded global hydrologic model that simulates the land surface components …