The changing nature of groundwater in the global water cycle

X Kuang, J Liu, BR Scanlon, JJ Jiao, S Jasechko… - Science, 2024 - science.org
In recent decades, climate change and other anthropogenic activities have substantially
affected groundwater systems worldwide. These impacts include changes in groundwater …

Future emergence of new ecosystems caused by glacial retreat

JB Bosson, M Huss, S Cauvy-Fraunié, JC Clément… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
Glacier shrinkage and the development of post-glacial ecosystems related to anthropogenic
climate change are some of the fastest ongoing ecosystem shifts, with marked ecological …

No respite from permafrost-thaw impacts in the absence of a global tip** point

J Nitzbon, T Schneider von Deimling, M Aliyeva… - Nature Climate …, 2024 - nature.com
Arctic permafrost, the largest non-seasonal component of Earth's cryosphere, contains a
substantial climate-sensitive carbon pool. The existence of a global tip** point, a warming …

The development of terrestrial ecosystems emerging after glacier retreat

GF Ficetola, S Marta, A Guerrieri, I Cantera, A Bonin… - Nature, 2024 - nature.com
The global retreat of glaciers is dramatically altering mountain and high-latitude landscapes,
with new ecosystems develo** from apparently barren substrates,,–. The study of these …

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 …

The increasingly dominant role of climate change on length of day variations

MK Shahvandi, S Adhikari, M Dumberry… - Proceedings of the …, 2024 - pnas.org
The melting of ice sheets and global glaciers results in sea-level rise, a pole-to-equator
mass transport increasing Earth's oblateness and resulting in an increase in the length of …

Heterogeneous changes in global glacial lakes under coupled climate warming and glacier thinning

T Zhang, W Wang, B An - Communications Earth & Environment, 2024 - nature.com
Global glacial lakes have expanded markedly in recent decades, accompanied by many
catastrophic glacial lake outburst floods. However, our understanding of glacial lake …

Ocean warming drives immediate mass loss from calving glaciers in the high Arctic

Ø Foss, J Maton, G Moholdt, LS Schmidt… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Glaciers in the Arctic have lost considerable mass during the last two decades. About a third
of the glaciers by area drains into the ocean, yet the mechanisms and drivers governing …

The Pléiades Glacier Observatory: high-resolution digital elevation models and ortho-imagery to monitor glacier change

E Berthier, J Lebreton, D Fontannaz, S Hosford… - The …, 2024 - tc.copernicus.org
Spaceborne digital elevation models (DEMs) of glaciers are essential to describe their
health and their contribution to river runoff and sea level rise. Publicly available DEMs …

Llamas (Llama glama) enhance proglacial ecosystem development in Cordillera Blanca, Peru

A Zimmer, T Beach, S Riva Regalado… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
Worldwide, mountain glaciers are shrinking rapidly. Consequently, large areas are
becoming available for the development of novel alpine ecosystems. These harsh …