Contrasting responses of Central Asian rock glaciers to global warming

• Main Authors: Sorg, Annina, Kääb, Andreas, Roesch, Andrea, Bigler, Christof, id_orcid:0 000-0003-3757-6356, Stoffel, Markus
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Nature 2015
• Subjects: Geomorphology; Environmental health; Cryospheric science; Low Rock; permafrost
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11850/98797; https://doi.org/10.3929/ethz-b-000098797

While the responses of Tien Shan glaciers – and glaciers elsewhere – to climatic changes are becoming increasingly well understood, this is less the case for permafrost in general and for rock glaciers in particular. We use a novel approach to describe the climate sensitivity of rock glaciers and to...