Publication Name
Glacier cumulative mass balance
Metres of water equivalent
5
0
Glacier thickness chang
Measured over different time ranges for each glacier
-5
25 Metres*
-10
-15
-20
Arctic Europe Andes
-25
Asia High Mountains Northwest USA and Southwest Canada Alaska and Coast Mountains Patagonia
-30
20
-35
-40
1960
1970
1980
1990
2000 2003
Source: Dyurgerov, M; Meier, M (2005) Glaciersand thechangingearthsystem:a2004snapshot . Boulder: Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research, University of Colorado
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Temperature increased more in high altitude regions Plateau of Tibet
Temperature increase, ºC 1961–1990
10
Thickness reduction
0.30
Thickness increase
0.25
0.20
5
0.15
Elevation Metres
0.10
0 1 000 3 000 6 000
0.05
0
0m
1 000m
2 000m
3 000m
4 000m
Glacier
* Measures the geodetic thickness change between survey and reference year in metres of ice equivalent 0
Elevation
Source: Liu, X; Chen, B (2000) ‘ClimateWarming in theTibetan Plateau During Recent Decades’ InternationalJournalofClimatology 20: 1729–1742
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