Impact of Climate Change on the Glaciers of Spiti River Basin, Himachal Pradesh, India

Kulkarni, A. V.; Prasad, Veena; Shirsat, Tejal; Chaturvedi, Rajiv Kumar; Bahuguna, I. M.

doi:10.1007/s12524-021-01368-9

Cited by 9 publications

(2 citation statements)

References 46 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…We have distinguished the textural difference between moraines and ice to mark the lateral boundary (A. Kulkarni, Prasad, Shirsat, Chaturvedi, & Bahuguna, 2021). The easiest way to delineate the lateral boundary of a glacier is by the color texture between moraines and ice, which identifies the boundary.…”

Section: Lateral Boundary Of the Glaciermentioning

confidence: 99%

Understanding glacier retreat in the Bhutan Himalaya through regional inventory and influence of glacial lakes.

Jadhav,

Shirsat,

et al. 2023

Preprint

Self Cite

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

The present study demonstrates the importance of glacier inventories in understanding and managing glaciers in the Himalayan region, specifically in the Pho Chu Basin (PCB) of Bhutan Himalaya. The study utilised, Sentinel-2A imagery of 2021 to create a novel inventory of glaciers in the PCB, and further modified the boundaries of 35 (area > 1 km2) glaciers for the years 1991 and 2006. The results suggest, 184 glaciers covering an area of 192.07 + 15.50 km2 in the PCB, with the areal extent of the 34 glaciers (excluding Thorthormi Glacier) decreasing from 153.32 + 8.60 km2 to 139.97 + 8.44 km2 (1991-2021), indicating an area loss of 8.7 % in the basin. Further, we have observed the topographic parameters of each glacier. Interestingly, the glaciers retreated at a rate of -14.62 + 11.39 ma-1 (1991-2021), and small glaciers retreat much faster than large glaciers in PCB. Our observation reveals that glacier with lakes in this region are subjected to more retreat when compared to clean and debris covered glaciers. The alarming retreat of the Thorthormi Glacier has been the subject of multiple GLOF events and is analysed separately in the present study. Overall, the study demonstrates the importance of glacier inventories as a database for researchers, policymakers, and local communities about the location, extent, area, length, orientation, and other characteristics of glaciers.

show abstract

Section: Lateral Boundary Of the Glaciermentioning

confidence: 99%

Understanding glacier retreat in the Bhutan Himalaya through regional inventory and influence of glacial lakes.

Jadhav,

Shirsat,

et al. 2023

Preprint

Self Cite

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…Most of the studies indicate that the rate of recession positively correlated with increasing temperature (Immerzeel et al, 2012;Kulkarni et al, 2021;Farinotti et al, 2019). Cryospheric and hydrological changes in combination with socioeconomic changes are threatening downstream water security (Drenkhan et al, 2019;IPCC, 2019).…”

Section: Impacts Of Climate Change On Glaciersmentioning

confidence: 99%

Review and synthesis of climate change studies in the Himalayan region

Negi

Tiwari

Singh

et al. 2021

Environ Dev Sustain

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

There are a few regions in the world, where climate change impacts are more intense than other regions of the world, and Himalaya is the case. The Himalaya, one of the biodiversity hotspot regions and provider of ecosystem services to billion of people all across the world. Present study reviewed and synthesized climate change studies in the Himalayan region in general and Indian Himalayan region (IHR) in particular. Analysis of the literature indicates exponentially increase in climate change studies 2005 onward in the IHR, and maximum are from Jammu and Kashmir (105) followed by Uttarakhand (100) and Himachal Pradesh (77). Among the subject types, maximum climate change impact was studied on water resources/glacier retreat (141 studies) followed by agriculture (113) and forests/biodiversity (86). Increasing temperature, frequent drought spells, erratic rainfall and declining snowfall are commonly reported indicators of climate change. For instance, temperature is reported to increase by 1.5 °C in the Himalaya than an average increase of 0.74 °C globally in last century; however, it varied in eastern (0.1 °C per decade and western Himalayas (0.09 °C per decade. An increase in temperature between 0.28 and 0.80 °C per decade was reported for North-western Himalaya and 0.20-1.00 °C per decade for Eastern Himalaya. The higher altitude of Himalayan and Trans-Himalayan zone are reported to be warming at higher rates. Many of the glaciers were reported to be retreating in both eastern and western Himalaya. Heavy rainfall is becoming very common in the region often accompanied by cloudbursts that aggravate flood situation many times. Perception-based studies of the region reported to provide firsthand and detailed descriptions of climate change indicators and impacts from rural and remote areas, where no instrumental data are available.

show abstract

Estimation of glacier depth and ice volume of Kabul Basin, Afghanistan

Asharaf,

Kulkarni

2023

J Earth Syst Sci

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Impact of Climate Change on the Glaciers of Spiti River Basin, Himachal Pradesh, India

Cited by 9 publications

References 46 publications

Understanding glacier retreat in the Bhutan Himalaya through regional inventory and influence of glacial lakes.

Understanding glacier retreat in the Bhutan Himalaya through regional inventory and influence of glacial lakes.

Review and synthesis of climate change studies in the Himalayan region

Estimation of glacier depth and ice volume of Kabul Basin, Afghanistan

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About