Contrasting patterns of early twenty-first-century glacier mass change in the Himalayas

Andreas Kääb (), Etienne Berthier, Christopher Nuth, Julie Gardelle and Yves Arnaud
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Andreas Kääb: University of Oslo, PO Box 1047, Blindern, 0316 Oslo, Norway
Etienne Berthier: CNRS, Université de Toulouse, LEGOS, 14 avenue Ed. Belin, Toulouse 31400, France
Christopher Nuth: University of Oslo, PO Box 1047, Blindern, 0316 Oslo, Norway
Julie Gardelle: CNRS- Université Grenoble 1, LGGE, 54 rue Molière, BP 96, 38402 Saint Martin d’Hères Cedex, France
Yves Arnaud: IRD- Université Grenoble 1, LTHE/LGGE, 54 rue Molière, BP 96, 38402 Saint Martin d’Hères Cedex, France

Nature, 2012, vol. 488, issue 7412, 495-498

Abstract: Data for the Hindu Kush–Karakoram–Himalaya region from satellite laser altimetry and a global elevation model shows that glacier thinning varied by an order of magnitude across the region, with surface debris not seeming to provide effective insulation, and that the melting ice added several per cent to the annual discharge of the mountain rivers.

Date: 2012
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