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https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-10-723-2022
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Research article
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14 Jul 2022
Research article |
| 14 Jul 2022
| 14 Jul 2022
Volume, evolution, and sedimentation of future glacier lakes in Switzerland over the 21st century
Tim Steffen
Laboratory of Hydraulics, Hydrology and Glaciology (VAW), ETH Zurich, 8092 Zurich, Switzerland
Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research
(WSL), 8903 Birmensdorf, Switzerland
Matthias Huss
Laboratory of Hydraulics, Hydrology and Glaciology (VAW), ETH Zurich, 8092 Zurich, Switzerland
Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research
(WSL), 8903 Birmensdorf, Switzerland
Department of Geosciences, University of Fribourg, 1700 Fribourg,
Switzerland
Rebekka Estermann
Laboratory of Hydraulics, Hydrology and Glaciology (VAW), ETH Zurich, 8092 Zurich, Switzerland
Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research
(WSL), 8903 Birmensdorf, Switzerland
Elias Hodel
Laboratory of Hydraulics, Hydrology and Glaciology (VAW), ETH Zurich, 8092 Zurich, Switzerland
Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research
(WSL), 8903 Birmensdorf, Switzerland
Daniel Farinotti
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Laboratory of Hydraulics, Hydrology and Glaciology (VAW), ETH Zurich, 8092 Zurich, Switzerland
Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research
(WSL), 8903 Birmensdorf, Switzerland
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Short summary
Climate change is rapidly altering high-alpine landscapes. The formation of new lakes in areas becoming ice free due to glacier retreat is one of the many consequences of this process. Here, we provide an estimate for the number, size, time of emergence, and sediment infill of future glacier lakes that will emerge in the Swiss Alps. We estimate that up to ~ 680 potential lakes could form over the course of the 21st century, with the potential to hold a total water volume of up to ~ 1.16 km3.
Climate change is rapidly altering high-alpine landscapes. The formation of new lakes in areas...
