Impacts of Loss of Cryosphere in the High Mountains of Northwest North America

Global atmospheric warming is causing physical and biotic changes in Earth’s high mountains at a rate that is likely unprecedented in the Holocene. We summarize changes in the presently glacierized mountains of northwest North America, including a rapid and large reduction in glacier ice and permafr...

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Published in:Quaternary
Main Authors: John J. Clague, Dan H. Shugar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2023-01-01
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2571-550X/6/1/1