Combination of UAV and terrestrial photogrammetry to assess rapid glacier evolution and map glacier hazards [PDF]
Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, 2018 Tourists and hikers visiting glaciers all year round face hazards such as sudden terminus collapses, typical of such a dynamically evolving environment.
D. Fugazza +7 more
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Glacier-Related Hazards Along the International Karakoram Highway: Status and Future Perspectives
Frontiers in Earth Science, 2021 The China–Pakistan international Karakoram Highway passes through the core area of the “Karakoram Anomaly,” whose glaciers have maintained or increased their mass during a period when most glaciers worldwide have receded.
Yongpeng Gao +12 more
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Glacier hazards: Will they change in the future?
Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine ResearchGlacier hazards: Will they change in the future?
Regine Hock, Martin Truffer
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Warming climate amplifies glacier hazards on the China-Pakistan Highway
Journal of Hydrology: Regional StudiesStudy region: China–Pakistan Karakoram Highway (KKH) and its surroundings. Study focus: Glaciers along the China–Pakistan International Karakoram Highway (KKH) exhibit relative stable or mass gain, a phenomenon termed “Karakoram Anomaly”, contrasting ...
Chengde Yang +7 more
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GLAcier Feature Tracking testkit (GLAFT): a statistically and physically based framework for evaluating glacier velocity products derived from optical satellite image feature tracking [PDF]
The Cryosphere, 2023 Glacier velocity measurements are essential to understand ice flow mechanics, monitor natural hazards, and make accurate projections of future sea-level rise.
W. Zheng +12 more
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Simulating seasonal evolution of subglacial hydrology at a surging glacier in the Karakoram
Journal of GlaciologyGlacier motion, retreat and glacier hazards such as surges and glacial lake outburst floods (GLOFs) are likely underpinned by subglacial hydrology. Recent advances in subglacial hydrological modeling allow us to shed light on subglacial processes that ...
Neosha G. Narayanan +6 more
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New inventory of glaciers in Tajikistan from 3 m PlanetScope imagery (2024): the Tajikistan Glacier Inventory (TGI) [PDF]
Scientific DataGlaciers in Tajikistan serve as a crucial water source in Central Asia. However, existing glacier data products suffer from several limitations, including outdated temporal coverage, coarse spatial resolution, and inadequate mapping of debris-covered ...
Ruonan Li +4 more
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Glacier Surface Heatwaves Over the Tibetan Plateau
Geophysical Research Letters, 2023 The Tibetan Plateau (TP) has warmed at a rate twice the global average and presents unique warming patterns in surface temperature changes. However, key characteristics of glacier surface heatwave duration and intensity over the TP during the present ...
Wenfeng Chen +6 more
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Risk of glacier collapse in the Southeast Tibetan basin
npj Climate and Atmospheric ScienceGlacier collapse is one of the serious cryospheric hazards in the Tibetan Plateau (TP), especially in the southeast of TP. Recent studies on glacier change and glacier collapse events in this region show that the risk of glacier collapse disaster in ...
Minghu Ding +5 more
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An integrated multi-hazard assessment using machine learning in the complex terrains of Northern Pakistan [PDF]
Scientific ReportsThe increasing frequency of natural hazards, intensified by climate change, poses substantial challenges to sustainable development worldwide. Northern Pakistan, particularly the Hunza district, is highly susceptible to multiple hazards, including ...
Muhammad Ismail Khan +4 more
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