articleFrontiers in Earth ScienceSep 30, 2015GOLD OA

A new model for global glacier change and sea-level rise

MHMatthias HussRHRegine Hock

ETH Zurich · University of Fribourg · +2 more institutions

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Abstract

The anticipated retreat of glaciers around the globe will pose far-reaching challenges to the management of fresh water resources and significantly contribute to sea-level rise within the coming decades. Here, we present a new model for calculating the 21st century mass changes of all glaciers on Earth outside the ice sheets. The Global Glacier Evolution Model (GloGEM) includes mass loss due to frontal ablation at marine-terminating glacier fronts and accounts for glacier advance/retreat and surface Elevation changes. Simulations are driven with monthly near-surface air temperature and precipitation from 14 Global Circulation Models forced by the RCP2.6, RCP4.5 and RCP8.5 emission scenarios. Depending on the…

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  • Glacier
  • Glacier ice accumulation
  • Accumulation zone
  • Geology
  • Glacier mass balance
  • Climatology
  • Glacier terminus
  • Precipitation
UN Sustainable Development Goals
  • Life below water
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