Glacier mass change on the Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia, from 2000 to 2016

• Published in: Journal of Glaciology
• Main Authors: Shungo Fukumoto, Shin Sugiyama, Shuntaro Hata, Jun Saito, Takayuki Shiraiwa, Humio Mitsudera
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press 2023
• Subjects: Climate change; debris-covered glaciers; glacier mass balance; mountain glaciers; remote sensing; Environmental sciences; GE1-350; Meteorology. Climatology; QC851-999; Kamchatka Peninsula; Pacific; glacier; Journal of Glaciology; Kamchatka; Subarctic
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1017/jog.2022.50; https://doaj.org/article/0b214e3b1f0147188b08c883697014c2

On the Kamchatka Peninsula in the Russian Far East, 405 glaciers with an estimated total mass of 49 Gt were reported in the 1970s. These have been retreating at an accelerated rate since the start of the 21st century. Because glacier studies in this region are scarce, ice loss and its influence on s...