articleScience AdvancesJun 1, 2019GOLD OA

Acceleration of ice loss across the Himalayas over the past 40 years

JMJ. MaurerJMJoerg M. SchaeferSRSummer RupperACA. Corley

Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory · Columbia University · +1 more institution

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). The similar magnitude and acceleration of ice loss across the Himalayas suggests a regionally coherent climate forcing, consistent with atmospheric warming and associated energy fluxes as the dominant drivers of glacier change.

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  • Glacier
  • Meltwater
  • Climatology
  • Climate change
  • Digital elevation model
  • Physical geography
  • Snow
  • Geology
UN Sustainable Development Goals
  • Climate action
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