Future growth and decline of high mountain Asia's ice-dammed lakes and associated risk

More than 10,000 locations in High-Mountain Asia are identified as likely to host ice-dammed lakes, responsible for most of the glacier outburst floods in High-Mountain Asia, using a combination of a digital elevation model and a glacier model.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Loris Compagno, Matthias Huss, Harry Zekollari, Evan S. Miles, Daniel Farinotti
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2022-08-01
Series:Communications Earth & Environment
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-022-00520-8