Introduction: Fan-shaped deposits (FSD) extending to the NW of the Tharsis Montes on Mars (Fig. 1) are the remnants of Amazonian-aged, cold-based, tropical mountain gla-ciations [1-5]. Geomorphological analyses of the facies within the deposits have revealed a number of ice-related features including moraines and sublimation till [1-5], as well as subglacial volcanic features [6]. Atmospheric m...

Progressive glacier retreat can deeply impact high-mountain areas. New lakes are forming and potential connected opportunities (e.g., geosystem services) risks floods) emerging. In the last decades, in European Alps have increased number size, including study area (Aosta Valley Region, NW Alps, Italy). This work presents a methodology for regional scale assessment of socio-environmental develop...

Atmospheric boundary layer (ABL) dynamics over glaciers mediate the response of glacier mass balance to large-scale climate forcing. Despite this, very few ABL observations are available mountain in complex terrain. An intensive field campaign was conducted June 2015 at Athabasca Glacier outlet Columbia Icefield Canadian Rockies. Observations wind and temperature profiles with novel kite radio-...

We describe and delimit with integrative taxonomy the new springtail species Desoria calderonis sp. nov. (Collembola: Isotomidae). This cryophilic is strictly linked to supraglacial stony debris of isolated Calderone glacier (Central Apennines, Italy), one southernmost glaciers Europe. could belong nivalis-complex, a group European mountain included in violacea-group. Genetic analysis (COI mtDN...

Although they correspond to an important fraction of the total area of mountain glaciers (33000 km out of 546000 km), Himalayan glaciers and their mass balance are poorly sampled. For example, between 1977 and 1999, the average area surveyed each year on the field was 6.8 km only. No direct mass balance measurement is available after 1999. To contribute to fill this gap, we use remote sensing d...

Abstract Mountain glacier systems are decreasing in volume worldwide yet relatively little is known about their upper reaches (>5000 m). Here we show, based on the world’s highest ice core and automatic weather stations, significant increasing role that melting sublimation have mass loss of even Mt. Everest’s (South Col Glacier, 8020 Estimated contemporary thinning rates approaching ~2 m a −...