Toward mountains without permanent snow and ice
The cryosphere in mountain regions is rapidly declining, a trend that is expected to accelerate over the next several decades due to anthropogenic climate change. A cascade of effects will result, extending from mountains to lowlands with associated impacts on human livelihood, economy, and ecosyste...
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ftethz:oai:www.research-collection.ethz.ch:20.500.11850/191862 2023-05-15T16:37:39+02:00 Toward mountains without permanent snow and ice Huss, Matthias Bookhagen, Bodo Huggel, Christian Jacobsen, Doug Bradley, Raymond S. Clague, John J. Vuille, Mathias Buytaert, Wouter Cayan, Daniel R. Greenwood, Gregory Mark, Bryan G. Milner, A. Mintun Weingartner, Rolf Winder, Monika 2017-05 application/application/pdf https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11850/191862 https://doi.org/10.3929/ethz-b-000191862 en eng Wiley info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1002/2016EF000514 info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/wos/000403546800001 http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11850/191862 doi:10.3929/ethz-b-000191862 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International CC-BY-NC-ND Earth's Future, 5 (5) info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 2017 ftethz https://doi.org/20.500.11850/191862 https://doi.org/10.3929/ethz-b-000191862 https://doi.org/10.1002/2016EF000514 2022-04-25T13:14:59Z The cryosphere in mountain regions is rapidly declining, a trend that is expected to accelerate over the next several decades due to anthropogenic climate change. A cascade of effects will result, extending from mountains to lowlands with associated impacts on human livelihood, economy, and ecosystems. With rising air temperatures and increased radiative forcing, glaciers will become smaller and, in some cases, disappear, the area of frozen ground will diminish, the ratio of snow to rainfall will decrease, and the timing and magnitude of both maximum and minimum streamflow will change. These changes will affect erosion rates, sediment, and nutrient flux, and the biogeochemistry of rivers and proglacial lakes, all of which influence water quality, aquatic habitat, and biotic communities. Changes in the length of the growing season will allow low-elevation plants and animals to expand their ranges upward. Slope failures due to thawing alpine permafrost, and outburst floods from glacier- and moraine-dammed lakes will threaten downstream populations. Societies even well beyond the mountains depend on meltwater from glaciers and snow for drinking water supplies, irrigation, mining, hydropower, agriculture, and recreation. Here, we review and, where possible, quantify the impacts of anticipated climate change on the alpine cryosphere, hydrosphere, and biosphere, and consider the implications for adaptation to a future of mountains without permanent snow and ice. ISSN:2328-4277 Article in Journal/Newspaper Ice permafrost ETH Zürich Research Collection |
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The cryosphere in mountain regions is rapidly declining, a trend that is expected to accelerate over the next several decades due to anthropogenic climate change. A cascade of effects will result, extending from mountains to lowlands with associated impacts on human livelihood, economy, and ecosystems. With rising air temperatures and increased radiative forcing, glaciers will become smaller and, in some cases, disappear, the area of frozen ground will diminish, the ratio of snow to rainfall will decrease, and the timing and magnitude of both maximum and minimum streamflow will change. These changes will affect erosion rates, sediment, and nutrient flux, and the biogeochemistry of rivers and proglacial lakes, all of which influence water quality, aquatic habitat, and biotic communities. Changes in the length of the growing season will allow low-elevation plants and animals to expand their ranges upward. Slope failures due to thawing alpine permafrost, and outburst floods from glacier- and moraine-dammed lakes will threaten downstream populations. Societies even well beyond the mountains depend on meltwater from glaciers and snow for drinking water supplies, irrigation, mining, hydropower, agriculture, and recreation. Here, we review and, where possible, quantify the impacts of anticipated climate change on the alpine cryosphere, hydrosphere, and biosphere, and consider the implications for adaptation to a future of mountains without permanent snow and ice. ISSN:2328-4277 |
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Huss, Matthias Bookhagen, Bodo Huggel, Christian Jacobsen, Doug Bradley, Raymond S. Clague, John J. Vuille, Mathias Buytaert, Wouter Cayan, Daniel R. Greenwood, Gregory Mark, Bryan G. Milner, A. Mintun Weingartner, Rolf Winder, Monika |
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Huss, Matthias Bookhagen, Bodo Huggel, Christian Jacobsen, Doug Bradley, Raymond S. Clague, John J. Vuille, Mathias Buytaert, Wouter Cayan, Daniel R. Greenwood, Gregory Mark, Bryan G. Milner, A. Mintun Weingartner, Rolf Winder, Monika Toward mountains without permanent snow and ice |
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Huss, Matthias Bookhagen, Bodo Huggel, Christian Jacobsen, Doug Bradley, Raymond S. Clague, John J. Vuille, Mathias Buytaert, Wouter Cayan, Daniel R. Greenwood, Gregory Mark, Bryan G. Milner, A. Mintun Weingartner, Rolf Winder, Monika |
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Toward mountains without permanent snow and ice |
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Toward mountains without permanent snow and ice |
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