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Contrasting glacier responses to recent climate change in high-mountain Asia

Recent studies of Asian glaciers have shown that glaciers in eastern Karakoram and West Kunlun have been slightly gaining mass while those in nearby Jammu Kashmir and Himalayas are losing mass, at rates of more than 0.5 m w.e.yr(−1) and about 0.3 m w.e.yr(−1), respectively. Two possible explanations...

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Published in:Sci Rep
Main Authors: Sakai, Akiko, Fujita, Koji
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Nature Publishing Group UK 2017
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5651914/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29057960
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-14256-5
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