In full transition: Key impacts of vanishing mountain ice on water-security at local to global scales

• Main Authors: Haeberli, Wilfried, Weingartner, Rolf
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 2020
• Subjects: Institute of Geography; 910 Geography & travel; New Lakes; Ice; permafrost
• Online Access: https://www.zora.uzh.ch/id/eprint/192380/; https://www.zora.uzh.ch/id/eprint/192380/1/2020_HaeberliWeingartner_20.pdf; https://doi.org/10.5167/uzh-192380; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wasec.2020.100074

Icy mountains with their surface ice in glaciers and subsurface ice in permafrost constitute important water towers relating to multiple human needs for water security. Vanishing of their ice as a consequence of global warming affects this function in a predominantly negative way. Key impacts are (1...