Local topography increasingly influences the mass balance of a retreating cirque glacier [PDF]
The Cryosphere, 2018 Local topographically driven processes – such as wind drifting, avalanching, and shading – are known to alter the relationship between the mass balance of small cirque glaciers and regional climate.
C. Florentine +5 more
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Imprints of sea ice, wind patterns, and atmospheric systems on summer water isotope signatures at Hercules Névé, East Antarctica [PDF]
The CryosphereThis study investigated the influence of summer climate variability on water isotopes (δ18O, δ2H, and deuterium excess[dexc]) in a Hercules Névé ice core from Antarctica.
S. Kim +8 more
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Effect of Soil Environment on Species Diversity of Desert Plant Communities
Plants, 2023 Desert ecosystems possess an astonishing biodiversity and are rich in endangered species. This study investigated characteristics of species diversity and soil environmental factors in three major deserts of China’s Alxa Plateau. The Alxa Desert included
Jie Sun, Nai’ang Wang, Zhenmin Niu
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Climate-driven Shifts in Quantity and Seasonality of River Discharge over the past 1000 Years from the Hydrographic Apex of North America [PDF]
, 2008 Runoff generated from high elevations is the primary source of freshwater for western North America, yet this critical resource is managed on the basis of short instrumental records that capture an insufficient range of climatic conditions. Here we probe
Edwards, Thomas W.D. +6 more
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Glacier Change, Concentration, and Elevation Effects in the Karakoram Himalaya, Upper Indus Basin [PDF]
, 2011 In recent decades the consequences of climate change for Himalayan glaciers has become of great concern. Glaciers in much of High Asia appear to be declining, some at globally extreme rates (Ageta 2001;Oerlemanns 2001).
Hewitt, Kenneth
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The Open Global Glacier Model (OGGM) v1.1
Geoscientific Model Development, 2019 . Despite their importance for sea-level rise, seasonal water availability, and as a source of geohazards, mountain glaciers are one of the few remaining subsystems of the global climate system for which no globally applicable, open source, community ...
F. Maussion +14 more
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Benthic trophic interactions in an Antarctic shallow water ecosystem affected by recent glacier retreat [PDF]
, 2015 The western Antarctic Peninsula is experiencing strong environmental changes as a consequence of ongoing regional warming. Glaciers in the area are retreating rapidly and increased sediment-laden meltwater runoff threatens the benthic biodiversity at ...
De Troch, Marleen +5 more
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A New Method for Automatic Glacier Extraction by Building Decision Trees Based on Pixel Statistics
Remote SensingAutomatic glacier extraction from remote sensing images is the most important approach for large scale glacier monitoring. Commonly used band calculation indices to enhance glacier information are not effective in identifying shadowed glaciers and debris-
Xiao Liu +7 more
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Sedimentary organic carbon dynamics in a glaciated Arctic fjord: tracing contributions of terrestrial and marine sources in the context of Atlantification over recent centuries [PDF]
BiogeosciencesIn this study, we investigated sedimentary organic carbon (OC) dynamics in Kongsfjorden, Svalbard, using three multicores collected during the HH22 and HH23 cruises aboard the RV Helmer Hanssen in 2022 and 2023.
D. Kim +4 more
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Glare, a GIS tool to reconstruct the 3D surface of palaeoglaciers [PDF]
, 2016 Acknowledgements This research has been supported by the Leverhulme Trust International Network Grant IN-2012-140. Processing and collecting of ground penetrating data in Forgefonna was part of Elend Førre's master's project that was completed in 2009 at
Bakke, Jostein +9 more
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