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 …

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 …

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 …

The objective of the JRC PESETA II project is to gain insights into the sectoral and regional
patterns of climate change impacts in Europe by the end of this century. The study uses a …