Impact of a global temperature rise of 1.5 degrees Celsius on Asia’s glaciers

P. D. A. Kraaijenbrink (), M. F. P. Bierkens, A. F. Lutz and W. W. Immerzeel
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P. D. A. Kraaijenbrink: Utrecht University
M. F. P. Bierkens: Utrecht University
A. F. Lutz: FutureWater
W. W. Immerzeel: Utrecht University

Nature, 2017, vol. 549, issue 7671, 257-260

Abstract: Models show that even if global temperature rise can be limited to 1.5 degrees Celsius, only about 65 per cent of glacier mass will remain in the high mountains of Asia by the end of this century, and if temperatures rise by more than this the effects will be much more extreme.

Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.1038/nature23878

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