The mountain cryosphere of mainland Europe is recognized to have important impacts on a
range of environmental processes. In this paper, we provide an overview on the current …

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 …

Glaciers in the European Alps play an important role in the hydrological cycle, act as a
source for hydroelectricity and have a large touristic importance. The future evolution of …

Retreat of mountain glaciers is a significant contributor to sea-level rise and a potential
threat to human populations through impacts on water availability and regional hydrology …

The combination of glacier outlines with digital elevation models (DEMs) opens new
dimensions for research on climate change impacts over entire mountain chains. Of …

This paper introduces the Instructed Glacier Model (IGM)–a model that simulates ice
dynamics, mass balance and its coupling to predict the evolution of glaciers, icefields or ice …

Global warming is expected to significantly affect the runoff regime of mountainous
catchments. Simple methods for calculating future glacier change in hydrological models are …

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 …

In the course of glacier retreat, new glacier lakes can develop. As such lakes can be a
source of natural hazards, strategies for predicting future glacier lake formation are important …

River ecosystems are highly sensitive to climate change and projected future increase in air
temperature is expected to increase the stress for these ecosystems. Rivers are also an …