Impacts of Loss of Cryosphere in the High Mountains of Northwest North America
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15801758 |
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| Authors | John J Clague (0000-0002-2697-2233, Simon Fraser University, corresponding author), Dan H Shugar (0000-0002-6279-8420, University of Calgary) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 6 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 1-1 |
| Publication date | 2023-01-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Quaternary (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2571-550X • E-ISSN: 2571-550X |
| Publisher | Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (PUBLISHER • CH) |
| DOI | 10.3390/quat6010001 |
| OpenAlex | W4313388815 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 137 |
Global atmospheric warming is causing physical and biotic changes in Earth’s high mountains at a rate that is likely unprecedented in the Holocene. We summarize changes in the presently glacierized mountains of northwest North America, including a rapid and large reduction in glacier ice and permafrost, a related increase in slope instability and landslides, river re-routing and other hydrological changes, and changing aquatic ecosystems. Atmospheric greenhouse gas concentrations continue to rise and will likely do so for at least the next several decades, if not longer, and mountains will continue to warm, perhaps reaching temperatures up to several degrees Celsius warmer than present over the remainder of this century. As a result, the rate of physical and biotic changes documented in this paper is very likely to dramatically increase and transform high-mountain environments
Climate change · Climatology · Cryosphere · Earth science · Ecosystem · Geography · Glacier · Global warming · Greenhouse gas · Holocene · Permafrost · Physical geography · Sea ice · Climate change and permafrost · Cryospheric studies and observations · Environmental Science · Landslides and related hazards · Ecology · Geology · Oceanography
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