Future Lake Development in Deglaciating Mountain Ranges

The new lakes potential sources of far-reaching floods or debris flows, and they represent serious multipliers of hazards and risks to down-valley humans and ...

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Future Lake Development in Deglaciating Mountain Ranges. Wilfried Haeberli and Fabian Drenkhan. Article. Publication History: Published online ...

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This study aims to identify and characterize the location of potential GBOs in the French Alps as possible sites for future lakes. We first ran GlabTop (Glacier ...

Future growth and decline of high mountain Asia's ice-dammed ...

When glacier lakes drain, the downstream valleys can be affected by the resulting glacier lake outburst floods (GLOFs), which can lead to ...

The old and the new on threats to high-mountain lakes in the Alps

Despite the warm and humid lowland tropical climates, the high elevations of these regions can support the existence of cooler, Alpine-like environments.

VanishingGlaciers - Mountain Research Initiative MRI

Unprecedented rapid glacier retreat is modifying landscapes and giving rise to new lakes and ecosystems. Adaptation actions are needed to capture opportunities ...

Managing risks and future options from new lakes in the ...

Rapidly growing lakes in deglaciating mountain regions represent both: emerging risks and options for human livelihoods. In the Andes of Peru, ...

(PDF) New lakes in deglaciating high-mountain regions

In connection with the ongoing disappearance of glaciers in cold mountains, a great number of new lakes come into existence.

Enhanced glacial lake activity threatens numerous communities and ...

The Himalayas, Nyainqentanglha, and Tianshan Mountains serve as the main sources of GLOFs in the Third Pole. Understanding the historical ...

New lakes in deglaciating high-mountain regions - OUCI

New lakes in deglaciating high-mountain regions – opportunities and risks · Wilfried Haeberli · Michael Buetler · Christian Huggel · Therese Lehmann Friedli · Yvonne ...

Progress and challenges in glacial lake outburst flood research ...

Glacial lake outburst floods (GLOFs) are among the most concerning consequences of retreating glaciers in mountain ranges worldwide. GLOFs have ...

Future glacial lakes in High Mountain Asia: an inventory and ...

Estimates of the number of current glacial lakes range from ~15 000 covering an area of 1600 km 2 (Chen and others, Reference Chenin press) to ~ ...

Risks and Options from New Lakes in the Andes of Peru

The GLOF susceptibility and potential reach of damaging flow of current and future glacier lakes were analysed with the Modified Single-Flow- ...

Current and future glacier and lake assessment in the deglaciating ...

knowledge, other tropical mountain regions, to project and quantify future lake development and. 52 associated water volumes. 53. Nonetheless, there are no ...

An emerging trans-disciplinary research field - MedCrave online

So far, primarily physical aspects (topography, ice, lakes and slope stability) of de-glaciating landscapes have been modelled and considered in ...

Glacier change and glacial lake outburst flood risk in the Bolivian ...

A growing number of proglacial lakes have developed as glaciers have receded, in accordance with trends in most other deglaciating mountain ranges, although the ...

Volume, evolution, and sedimentation of future glacier lakes in ...

Whilst model-based estimates for the number and area of future glacier lakes exist for various mountain regions across the world, the exact ...

Projected 21st-Century Glacial Lake Evolution in High Mountain Asia

Therefore, information on future glacial lakes, e.g., their location, area and volume as well as the timing of their development, is vital for sustainable ...

water scarcity and GLOF risk in the Peruvian Andes ...

However, in a local context such as in mountain regions of the developing ... Towards integrated assessments of water risks in deglaciating ...

Glacier change and glacial lake outburst flood risk in the Bolivian ...

A growing number of proglacial lakes have developed as glaciers have receded, in accordance with trends in most other deglaciating mountain ...