Causes, consequences and implications of the 2023 landslide-induced Lake Rasac GLOF, Cordillera Huayhuash, Peru

• Main Authors: Emmer, Adam, Vilca, Oscar, Salazar Checa, Cesar, Li, Sihan, Cook, Simon, Pummer, Elena, Hrebrina, Jan, Haeberli, Wilfried
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 2025
• Subjects: Dammed Lake; Glacial Lake; Ice; permafrost
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2024-2316; https://egusphere.copernicus.org/preprints/2024/egusphere-2024-2316/

Glacierised Peruvian mountain ranges are experiencing accelerated, climate-change-driven glacier ice loss. Peru's second highest mountain range, the Cordillera Huayhuash, has lost about 40 % ( ∼ 34 km 2 ) of its glacier cover since the 1970s. Newly exposed landscapes are prone to a number of ha...