Publication Date:
2018-04-29
Description:
Extract The Tibetan Plateau and the Himalaya, which comprise a major portion of the region often referred to as the ‘third pole’, contain the largest surface area of the cryosphere outside the polar regions (Fig. 1). Unlike in other domains, glacier melting in this region is complex and highly variable. The glaciers in the western part of the region, dominated by the Karakoram and Western Himalaya, are either advancing or retreating relatively slowly, whereas the glaciers in the monsoon-dominated Eastern and Central Himalaya are retreating at a faster rate (Fig. 1). ... This 250-word extract was created in the absence of an abstract.
Print ISSN:
0305-8719
Electronic ISSN:
2041-4927
Topics:
Geosciences