Earth Sciences

High Mountain Asian glacier response to climate revealed by multi-temporal satellite observations since the 1960s

A. Bhattacharya, T. Bolch, et al.

Discover how High Mountain Asian glaciers are dramatically losing mass, impacting vital river flows across Asia. This research by Atanu Bhattacharya and colleagues uncovers alarming trends since the 1960s, with the most substantial losses observed post-2015 due to rising summer temperatures. Don't miss out on this critical insight into climate change effects!

00:00

Playback language: English

Index

Abstract

High Mountain Asian glaciers, crucial for Asian river flow, show persistently increasing mass loss rates since the 1960s, revealed by satellite-based time series. Regional mass budgets varied significantly, from -0.40 ± 0.07 m w.e.a⁻¹ in Central and Northern Tien Shan to -0.06 ± 0.07 m w.e.a⁻¹ in Eastern Pamir. Highest loss rates occurred after 2015, even in previously balanced regions. Increased summer temperature is the primary driver of mass loss, now overriding the influence of precipitation in some areas.

Publisher

Nature Communications

Published On

Jul 05, 2021

Authors

Atanu Bhattacharya, Tobias Bolch, Kriti Mukherjee, Owen King, Brian Menounos, Vassiliy Kapitsa, Niklas Neckel, Wei Yang, Tandong Yao

Related Publications

Explore these studies to deepen your understanding of the subject.

Health and Fitness

Temporal dynamics of the multi-omic response to endurance exercise training

D. Amar, N. R. Gay, et al.

Medicine and Health

Mobilization of science advice by the Canadian federal government to support the COVID-19 pandemic response

D. Bhatia, S. Allin, et al.

Medicine and Health

Efficacy of early PET-CT directed switch to carboplatin and paclitaxel based definitive chemoradiotherapy in patients with oesophageal cancer who have a poor early response to induction cisplatin and capecitabine in the UK: a multi-centre randomised controlled phase II trial

S. Mukherjee, C. N. Hurt, et al.

Veterinary Science

A novel modelling approach to quantify the response of dairy goats to a high-concentrate diet

M. Taghipoor, M. Delattre, et al.

Listen, Learn & Level Up

Over 10,000 hours of research content in 25+ fields, available in 12+ languages.

No more digging through PDFs, just hit play and absorb the world's latest research in your language, on your time.

listen to research audio papers with researchbunny