Climate change and the global pattern of moraine-dammed glacial lake outburst floods [PDF]
The Cryosphere, 2018 Despite recent research identifying a clear anthropogenic impact on glacier recession, the effect of recent climate change on glacier-related hazards is at present unclear.
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Outbursts from an ice-marginal lake in Antarctica in 1969–1971 and 2017, revealed by aerial photographs and satellite data [PDF]
Scientific Reports, 2023 The liquid water around the Antarctic Ice Sheet plays a key role in modulating both the vulnerability of ice shelves to hydrofracturing and ice discharge from outlet glaciers.
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High frequency of moraine-dammed lake outburst floods driven by global warming [PDF]
Nature CommunicationsGlacial lake outburst floods (GLOFs) represent a major hazard in mountain regions, yet considerable uncertainty persists regarding whether their frequency has increased in recent decades and to what extent this trend is linked to climate change. Here, we
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Enhanced glacial lake activity threatens numerous communities and infrastructure in the Third Pole [PDF]
Nature Communications, 2023 Glacial lake outburst floods (GLOFs) are among the most severe cryospheric hazards in the Third Pole, encompassing the Tibetan Plateau and surrounding Himalayas, Hindu Kush, and Tianshan Mountains.
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Increasing risk of glacial lake outburst floods as a consequence of climate change in the Himalayan region [PDF]
Jàmbá, 2014 The greater Himalayan Mountains host the largest snow covered area outside the polar regions and serves as the source for some of the major fluvial systems of the world. The region acts as the lifeline for approximately 10% of the world’s population. The
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Glacial lake outburst floods threaten millions globally [PDF]
Nature Communications, 2023 Glacial lake outburst floods (GLOFs) are a major hazard to downstream populations. Here, the authors show that 15 million people globally are potentially exposed to GLOF impacts, with more than half of these living in India, Pakistan, Peru and China.
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Progress and challenges in glacial lake outburst flood research (2017–2021): a research community perspective [PDF]
Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, 2022 Glacial lake outburst floods (GLOFs) are among the most concerning consequences of retreating glaciers in mountain ranges worldwide. GLOFs have attracted significant attention amongst scientists and practitioners in the past 2 decades, with particular ...
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A global database of historic glacier lake outburst floods [PDF]
Earth System Science Data, 2023 Ongoing atmospheric warming has accelerated glacier mass loss in many mountain regions worldwide. Glacier lakes trap part of the glacial meltwater and have increased by about 50 % in number and area since the 1990s.
N. Lützow, G. Veh, O. Korup, O. Korup
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The imprint of erosion by glacial lake outburst floods in the topography of central Himalayan rivers [PDF]
Earth Surface Dynamics, 2022 In steep landscapes, river incision sets the pace of landscape evolution. Transport of coarse sediment controls incision by evacuating material delivered to river channels by landslides.
M. P. Dahlquist, A. J. West
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Controls of outbursts of moraine-dammed lakes in the greater Himalayan region [PDF]
The Cryosphere, 2021 Glacial lakes in the Hindu Kush–Karakoram–Himalayas–Nyainqentanglha (HKKHN) region have grown rapidly in number and area in past decades, and some dozens have drained in catastrophic glacial lake outburst floods (GLOFs).
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