Taking stock of the growing glaciers in Asia

Ranking world's water towers

A different view on the Karakoram Vortex

Accumulation measurements in Pamir

Studying the intricate interconnection between mountains, climate, water cycle, social impacts and more…

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Taking stock of the growing glaciers in Asia

A different view on the Karakoram Vortex

Accumulation measurements in Pamir

Glacier response to natural and anthropogenic climate change

Debris supply from lateral moraines

Testing different methods to model melt in HMA

Light-absorbing particles in the Himalaya

Socio-economic development key driver future South Asian water gap

Taking stock of the growing glaciers in Asia

A different view on the Karakoram Vortex

Accumulation measurements in Pamir

Glacier response to natural and anthropogenic climate change

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Projects

Climbing the Asian Water Tower

Identify and quantify regional differences in greater Himalayan glacio-hydrology and to elucidate climate change induced alterations in water availability and the occurrence of extreme precipitation events.

Closing the Himalayan Water Cycle

To elucidate and quantify the timing and magnitude of poorly understood components of the Himalayan water cycle with a particular focus on high altitude precipitation, glacier dynamics and snow processes

Pan-TPE

Study westerly-monsoon interaction in Pan-Third Pole region and its implications for the environment

SustaIndus

Science to support the SDGs and sustainable water management in the transboundary Indus river basin.

Tibetan Lakes

Understand the drivers of change of the lakes on the Tibetan Plateau

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Hoogtelijn

@Hoogtelijn

Honderden bergtoeristen gered na lawine Himalaya /via @NOS ⁦@NKBV⁩ nos.nl/l/2319158

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immerzeel

@immerzeel

Serious winter precipitation in the Himalaya. Data (mm/15 min) from Sherpagaon station (2600 m) reamo.org

Serious winter precipitation in the Himalaya. Data (mm/15 min) from Sherpagaon station (2600 m) https://t.co/zUBGrb1Ko1

17 Jan

News from Science

@NewsfromScience

On a 2015 journey to the Guliya ice cap in China’s Tibet, scientists found something remarkable: 15,000-year-old viruses—some of them new to science. fcld.ly/wxc2bgb

Retweeted by immerzeel

17 Jan

Wim Thiery

@WimThiery

In our new study in @NatureComms, we provide observational and model evidence that expanding irrigation has dampened historical anthropogenic warming during hot days, with particularly strong effects over South Asia nature.com/articles/s4146… @ETH_en @VUBrussel

Retweeted by Arthur Lutz

17 Jan

National Geographic

@InsideNatGeo

What is a water tower? And why do 1.9 billion people rely on them? Unpack the importance of water towers — mountain glaciers that provide key resources to sustain life on Earth. Photo by Brittany Mumma. onnatgeo.org/iG6

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16 Jan

Scientific American

@sciam

As the climate changes and glaciers melt, a lesser-known threat lurks in alpine areas: glacial lake outburst floods.

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16 Jan

weADAPT

@weADAPT1

Mapping the stories of climate change - find out how @hi_aware are using #storytelling for #ClimateChange #adaptation using maps: bit.ly/2MQf3NX | weADAPT

Mapping the stories of climate change - find out how @hi_aware are using #storytelling for #ClimateChange #adaptation using maps: https://t.co/98GZ0Alk5F | weADAPT

Retweeted by Arthur Lutz

15 Jan

Int. Glaciol. Soc.

@igsoc

Gunnar Østrem died yesterday, at the age of 97. A member of the IGS for 65 years and honorary member since 2001.
For more information on Gunnar please visit igsoc.org/news/gunnarost…. We have posted a profile of Gunnar that was published in ICE in 1973.

Retweeted by Fanny Brun

14 Jan

Harry Zekollari

@HarryZeko

Glaciers in the European Alps are massively retreating in order to reduce their imbalance compared to present-day climate. In the meantime temperatures keep increasing. Who’s winning the race? New study with @matthias_huss and @VAW_glaciology: agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.c… [1/5]

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14 Jan

Mountain Hydrology

@mnthydro

Taking stock of the growing glaciers in Asia - mountainhydrology.org/our-new…

Taking stock of the growing glaciers in Asia - https://t.co/H39C6UIvSs

14 Jan

Mountain Hydrology

@mnthydro

Taking stock of the growing glaciers in Asia - mountainhydrology.org/our-new…

14 Jan

Mountain Hydrology

@mnthydro

Taking stock of the growing glaciers in Asia - mountainhydrology.org/our-new…

17h

Hoogtelijn

@Hoogtelijn

Honderden bergtoeristen gered na lawine Himalaya /via @NOS ⁦@NKBV⁩ nos.nl/l/2319158

Retweeted by immerzeel

18h

immerzeel

@immerzeel

Serious winter precipitation in the Himalaya. Data (mm/15 min) from Sherpagaon station (2600 m) reamo.org

17 Jan

News from Science

@NewsfromScience

On a 2015 journey to the Guliya ice cap in China’s Tibet, scientists found something remarkable: 15,000-year-old viruses—some of them new to science. fcld.ly/wxc2bgb

Retweeted by immerzeel

17 Jan

Wim Thiery

@WimThiery

Retweeted by Arthur Lutz

17 Jan

National Geographic

@InsideNatGeo

Retweeted by Arthur Lutz

16 Jan

Scientific American

@sciam

As the climate changes and glaciers melt, a lesser-known threat lurks in alpine areas: glacial lake outburst floods.

Retweeted by immerzeel

16 Jan

weADAPT

@weADAPT1

Mapping the stories of climate change - find out how @hi_aware are using #storytelling for #ClimateChange #adaptation using maps: bit.ly/2MQf3NX | weADAPT

Retweeted by Arthur Lutz

15 Jan

Int. Glaciol. Soc.

@igsoc

Retweeted by Fanny Brun

14 Jan

Harry Zekollari

@HarryZeko

Retweeted by immerzeel

14 Jan

Mountain Hydrology

@mnthydro