Université de Fribourg

The days of plenty might soon be over in glacierized Central Asian catchments

Sorg, Annina ; Huss, Matthias ; Rohrer, Mario ; Stoffel, Markus

In: Environmental Research Letters, 2014, vol. 9, no. 10, p. 104018

Despite the fact that the fast-growing population of Central Asia strongly depends on glacial melt water for fresh water supply, irrigation and hydropower production, the impact of glacier shrinkage on water availability remains poorly understood. With an annual area loss of 0.36 to 0.76%, glaciers are retreating particularly fast in the northern Tien Shan, thus causing concern about future water...

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