Loss and Damage in the mountain cryosphere [PDF]
Regional Environmental Change, 2018 The mountain cryosphere, which includes glaciers, permafrost, and snow, is one of the Earth’s systems most strongly affected by climate change. In recent decades, changes in the cryosphere have been well documented in many high-mountain regions. While there are some benefits from snow and ice loss, the negative impacts, including from glacier lake ...
Christian Huggel +7 more
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Estimation of subsurface porosities and thermal conductivities of polygonal tundra by coupled inversion of electrical resistivity, temperature, and moisture content data [PDF]
, 2020 Studies indicate greenhouse gas emissions following permafrost thaw will amplify current rates of atmospheric warming, a process referred to as the permafrost carbon feedback.
Atchley, AL +7 more
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Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene, 2019 The cryosphere, which comprises a large portion of Earth’s surface, is rapidly changing as a consequence of global climate change. Ice, snow, and frozen ground in the polar and alpine regions of the planet are known to directly impact atmospheric ...
Jennie L. Thomas +34 more
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Aspect ratio affects iceberg melting [PDF]
Phys. Rev. Fluids 6, 023802 (2021), 2020 Iceberg meltwater is a critical freshwater flux from the cryosphere to the oceans. Global climate simulations therefore require simple and accurate parameterisations of iceberg melting. Iceberg shape is an important but often neglected aspect of iceberg melting.
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Snow spectral albedo at Summit, Greenland: measurements and numerical simulations based on physical and chemical properties of the snowpack [PDF]
, 2013 The broadband albedo of surface snow is determined both by the near-surface profile of the physical and chemical properties of the snowpack and by the spectral and angular characteristics of the incident solar radiation.
Arnaud, L +10 more
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The Disappearing Cryosphere: Impacts and Ecosystem Responses to Rapid Cryosphere Loss [PDF]
BioScience, 2012 The cryosphere—the portion of the Earth's surface where water is in solid form for at least one month of the year—has been shrinking in response to climate warming. The extents of sea ice, snow, and glaciers, for example, have been decreasing. In response, the ecosystems within the cryosphere and those that depend on the cryosphere have been changing ...
Fountain, Andrew G. +5 more
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A double continuum hydrological model for glacier applications [PDF]
, 2014 Peer reviewedPublisher ...
de Fleurian, B. +6 more
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Suppression of the water ice and snow albedo feedback on planets orbiting red dwarf stars and the subsequent widening of the habitable zone [PDF]
Astrobiology, vol 12, pp 3-8 (2012), 2011 M-stars comprise 80% of main-sequence stars, and so their planetary systems provide the best chance for finding habitable planets, i.e.: those with surface liquid water. We have modelled the broadband albedo or reflectivity of water ice and snow for simulated planetary surfaces orbiting two observed red dwarf stars (or M-stars) using spectrally ...
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Representing moisture fluxes and phase changes in glacier debris cover using a reservoir approach [PDF]
, 2014 Due to the complexity of treating moisture in supraglacial debris, surface energy balance models to date have neglected moisture infiltration and phase changes in the debris layer.
Brock, Benjamin +5 more
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Cryodiversity: the World of Cold on the Earth and in the Solar System [PDF]
Философия и космология, 2018 Effects and objects associated with the cryosphere, the world of cold, are extremely diverse due to anomalous thermodynamic and electromagnetic properties of ice, intermediate strength of hydrogen bonds, broad occurrence of cryogenic systems, and ...
Vladimir Melnikov, Victor Gennadinik
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