Challenges in Understanding the Variability of the Cryosphere in the Himalaya and Its Impact on Regional Water Resources

Challenges in Understanding the Variability of the Cryosphere in the Himalaya and Its Impact on Regional Water Resources

The Himalaya plays a vital role in regulating the freshwater availability for nearly a billion people living in the Indus, Ganga, and Brahmaputra River basins. Due to climate change and constantly evolving human-hydrosphere interactions, including land use/cover changes, groundwater extraction, rese...

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Main Authors: Bramha Dutt Vishwakarma, RAAJ Ramsankaran, Mohd. Farooq Azam, Tobias Bolch, Arindan Mandal, Smriti Srivastava, Pankaj Kumar, Rakesh Sahu, Perumal Jayaraman Navinkumar, Srinivasa Rao Tanniru, Aaquib Javed, Mohd Soheb, A. P. Dimri, Mohit Yadav, Balaji Devaraju, Pennan Chinnasamy, Manne Janga Reddy, Geetha Priya Murugesan, Manohar Arora, Sharad K. Jain, C. S. P. Ojha, Stephan Harrison, Jonathan Bamber
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-07-01
Series:Frontiers in Water
Subjects:
himalayan glaciology
himalayan hydroclimate
glacier mass balance
climate–change
third pole environment
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/frwa.2022.909246/full

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