High Mountain Asia hydropower systems threatened by climate-driven landscape instability

D Li, X Lu, DE Walling, T Zhang, JF Steiner… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Global warming-induced melting and thawing of the cryosphere are severely altering the
volume and timing of water supplied from High Mountain Asia, adversely affecting …

Glacial change and hydrological implications in the Himalaya and Karakoram

Y Nie, HD Pritchard, Q Liu, T Hennig, W Wang… - Nature reviews earth & …, 2021 - nature.com
Abstract Glaciers in the Himalaya–Karakoram mountain ranges harbour approximately half
of the ice volume in High-mountain Asia and modulate the flow of freshwater to almost 869 …

A massive rock and ice avalanche caused the 2021 disaster at Chamoli, Indian Himalaya

DH Shugar, M Jacquemart, D Shean, S Bhushan… - Science, 2021 - science.org
On 7 February 2021, a catastrophic mass flow descended the Ronti Gad, Rishiganga, and
Dhauliganga valleys in Chamoli, Uttarakhand, India, causing widespread devastation and …

Importance and vulnerability of the world's water towers

WW Immerzeel, AF Lutz, M Andrade, A Bahl… - Nature, 2020 - nature.com
Mountains are the water towers of the world, supplying a substantial part of both natural and
anthropogenic water demands,. They are highly sensitive and prone to climate change,, yet …

Rapid worldwide growth of glacial lakes since 1990

DH Shugar, A Burr, UK Haritashya, JS Kargel… - Nature climate …, 2020 - nature.com
Glacial lakes are rapidly growing in response to climate change and glacier retreat. The role
of these lakes as terrestrial storage for glacial meltwater is currently unknown and not …

GLOF hazard, exposure, vulnerability, and risk assessment of potentially dangerous glacial lakes in the Bhutan Himalaya

S Rinzin, G Zhang, A Sattar, S Wangchuk, SK Allen… - Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Deglaciation due to atmospheric warming has led to the formation and expansion of
numerous glacial lakes, especially in the eastern Himalaya. Many of these glacial lakes are …

Progress and challenges in glacial lake outburst flood research (2017–2021): a research community perspective

A Emmer, SK Allen, M Carey, H Frey… - … Hazards and Earth …, 2022 - nhess.copernicus.org
Glacial lake outburst floods (GLOFs) are among the most concerning consequences of
retreating glaciers in mountain ranges worldwide. GLOFs have attracted significant attention …

Geomorphic and sedimentary effects of modern climate change: Current and anticipated future conditions in the western United States

AE East, JB Sankey - Reviews of Geophysics, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Hydroclimatic changes associated with global warming over the past 50 years have been
documented widely, but physical landscape responses are poorly understood thus far …

[HTML][HTML] Satellite remote sensing of precipitation and the terrestrial water cycle in a changing climate

V Levizzani, E Cattani - Remote sensing, 2019 - mdpi.com
The water cycle is the most essential supporting physical mechanism ensuring the existence
of life on Earth. Its components encompass the atmosphere, land, and oceans. The cycle is …

The 28 November 2020 landslide, tsunami, and outburst flood–A hazard cascade associated with rapid deglaciation at Elliot Creek, British Columbia, Canada

M Geertsema, B Menounos, G Bullard… - Geophysical …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
We describe and model the evolution of a recent landslide, tsunami, outburst flood, and
sediment plume in the southern Coast Mountains, British Columbia, Canada. On November …