Contrasting responses of Central Asian rock glaciers to global warming

• Published in: Scientific Reports
• Main Authors: Sorg, Annina, Kääb, Andreas, Roesch, Andrea, Bigler, Christof, Stoffel, Markus
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Nature Publishing Group 2015
• Subjects: Article; Low Rock; permafrost
• Online Access: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4319170; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25657095; https://doi.org/10.1038/srep08228

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...