Glacier hazards

Glacier hazards

Glaciers, snow and ice are sensitive to climate warming, and changes in these can lead to serious hazards to human society1. Melting snow and ice and glacier recession in high mountains and polar environments can lead to destabilisation, including glacier collapse, rock and ice avalanche, glacier lake outburst floods (GLOFS), and glacier collapse.

References

Ding, Y., Mu, C., Wu, T., Hu, G., Zou, D., Wang, D., Li, W., Wu, X., 2021. Increasing cryospheric hazards in a warming climate. Earth-Science Reviews 213, 103500.

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