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Annual mass change of the world's glaciers from 1976 to 2024 by temporal downscaling of satellite data with in situ observations
Inés Dussaillant
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Department of Geography, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Romain Hugonnet
Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
Matthias Huss
Laboratory of Hydraulics, Hydrology and Glaciology (VAW), ETH Zurich, Switzerland
Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research (WSL), bâtiment ALPOLE, Sion, Switzerland
Department of Geosciences, University of Fribourg, Fribourg, Switzerland
Etienne Berthier
LEGOS, Université de Toulouse, CNES, CNRS, IRD, UPS, Toulouse, France
Jacqueline Bannwart
Department of Geography, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Frank Paul
Department of Geography, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Michael Zemp
Department of Geography, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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Our research observes glacier mass changes worldwide from 1976 to 2024, revealing an alarming increase in melt, especially in the last decade and the record year of 2023. By combining field and satellite observations, we provide annual mass changes for all glaciers in the world, showing significant contributions to global sea level rise. This work underscores the need for ongoing local monitoring and global climate action to mitigate the effects of glacier loss and its broader environmental impacts.
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