Inventory and classification of the post Little Ice Age glacial lakes in Svalbard

• Main Authors: Wieczorek, Iwo, Strzelecki, Mateusz Czesław, Stachnik, Łukasz, Yde, Jacob Clement, Małecki, Jakub
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 2022
• Subjects: Arctic; Svalbard; Glacial Lake; Climate change; glacier; Global warming
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-364; https://tc.copernicus.org/preprints/tc-2021-364/

Rapid changes of glacial lakes are among the most visible indicators of global warming in glacierized areas around the world. The general trend is that the area and number of glacial lakes increase significantly in high mountain areas and polar latitudes. However, there is a lack of knowledge about...