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Contrasting patterns of early twenty-first-century glacier mass change in the Himalayas [1]

Glaciers are among the best indicators of terrestrial climate variability, contribute importantly to water resources in many mountainous regions and are a major contributor to global sea level rise. In the Hindu Kush–Karakoram–Himalaya region (HKKH), a paucity of appropriate glacier data has prevented a comprehensive assessment of current regional mass balance. There is, however, indirect evidence of a complex pattern of glacial responses in reaction to heterogeneous climate change signals9.

Publication Date: 
23/08/2012
Andreas Kääb [2], Etienne Berthier [3], Christopher Nuth & et al [4]
Nature [5]
488
7412
495-498
Tags:
Himalaya [6], Climate Change [7], Glaciers [8], Glacial Melt [9], Climate Science [10], Remote Sensing [11], Indus [12], Ganga [13], River Basin [14], India [15]

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