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Projected reduction in snow 2080-2100
Using one specific climate change model (ECHAM5) and the SRES A2 emission scenario (run 2) the projected loss of snow amounts to decreases of…
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Mean snow-cover extent in the Northern Hemisphere 1966-2006
Snow occurs predominantly on the northern continents, on the sea ice of the Arctic Ocean and on Antarctica. On the Northern Hemisphere continents, snow…
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Projected winter temperature changes in the Arctic
The changes in cold-season mean temperatures over Arctic land regions are broken into three latitudinal bands for each region, as shown on the small…
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Ice sheets, schematic illustration for Greenland and Antarctica
The ice cover in Greenland and Antarctica has two components – thick, grounded, inland ice that rests on a more or less solid bed,…
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Ice avalanches of the Nevados Huascarán in Peru
Many disasters have been recorded from the glaciers in the Cordillera Blanca. The 1962 and 1970 events originating from Glaciar 511 on the Nevados…
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Sea ice concentration change over the 21st century as projected by climate models
The data are taken from climate model experiments of 12 (out of 24) different models that were conducted for the IPCC Assessment Report 4…
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Albedo of basic thick sea ice surface types
The albedo for different surface conditions on the sea ice range widely, from roughly 85 per cent of radiation reflected for snow-covered ice to…
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Mountains, People and Waste: A map of population density in mountain regions
Mountains play an essential role in supplying water and other services, such as food, energy and biodiversity, to the millions of people living in…
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Urban Growth of Selected Mountain Cities
In developing countries, the share of mountain populations living in cities is steadily increasing. Over one-quarter of mountain populations in the developing world now…
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Average Municipal Solid Waste Generation and Efficiency
here is a steady increase in the generation of non-organic recyclable waste, as income levels in these countries increases. This is expected to continue…
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Tailing Storage Facility Failures in Mountains Regions
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Ski Stations Outside of Europe and North America, 2016
The literature on the impacts of ski tourism on the environment, and the waste implications and solutions, is largely limited to examples from the…