The retreat of mountain glaciers since the little ice age: A spatially explicit database

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dc.contributor.authorMarta, Silvio
dc.contributor.authorAzzoni, Roberto Sergio
dc.contributor.authorFugazza, Davide
dc.contributor.authorTielidze, Levan
dc.contributor.authorChand, Pritam
dc.contributor.authorSieron, Katrin
dc.contributor.authorAlmond, Peter
dc.contributor.authorAmbrosini, Roberto
dc.contributor.authorAnthelme, Fabien
dc.contributor.authorAlviz Gazit�a, Pablo
dc.contributor.authorBhambri, Rakesh
dc.contributor.authorBonin, Aur�lie
dc.contributor.authorCaccianiga, Marco
dc.contributor.authorCauvy-Frauni�, Sophie
dc.contributor.authorLievano, Jorge Luis Ceballos
dc.contributor.authorClague, John
dc.contributor.authorRapre, Justiniano Alejo Cochach�n
dc.contributor.authorDangles, Olivier
dc.contributor.authorDeline, Philip
dc.contributor.authorEger, Andre
dc.contributor.authorEncarnaci�n, Rolando Cruz
dc.contributor.authorErokhin, Sergey
dc.contributor.authorFranzetti, Andrea
dc.contributor.authorGielly, Ludovic
dc.contributor.authorGili, Fabrizio
dc.contributor.authorGobbi, Mauro
dc.contributor.authorGuerrieri, Alessia
dc.contributor.authorH�gvar, Sigmund
dc.contributor.authorKhedim, Norine
dc.contributor.authorKinyanjui, Rahab
dc.contributor.authorMessager, Erwan
dc.contributor.authorMorales-Mart�nez, Marco Aurelio
dc.contributor.authorPeyre, Gwendolyn
dc.contributor.authorPittino, Francesca
dc.contributor.authorPoulenard, Jerome
dc.contributor.authorSeppi, Roberto
dc.contributor.authorSharma, Milap Chand
dc.contributor.authorUrseitova, Nurai
dc.contributor.authorWeissling, Blake
dc.contributor.authorYang, Yan
dc.contributor.authorZaginaev, Vitalii
dc.contributor.authorZimmer, Ana�s
dc.contributor.authorDiolaiuti, Guglielmina Adele
dc.contributor.authorRabatel, Antoine
dc.contributor.authorFicetola, Gentile Francesco
dc.date.accessioned2024-01-21T10:51:47Z
dc.date.accessioned2024-08-14T06:47:32Z
dc.date.available2024-01-21T10:51:47Z
dc.date.available2024-08-14T06:47:32Z
dc.date.issued2021-10-11T00:00:00
dc.description.abstractMost of the world�s mountain glaciers have been retreating for more than a century in response to climate change. Glacier retreat is evident on all continents, and the rate of retreat has accelerated during recent decades. Accurate, spatially explicit information on the position of glacier margins over time is useful for analyzing patterns of glacier retreat and measuring reductions in glacier surface area. This information is also essential for evaluating how mountain ecosystems are evolving due to climate warming and the attendant glacier retreat. Here, we present a non-comprehensive spatially explicit dataset showing multiple positions of glacier fronts since the Little Ice Age (LIA) maxima, including many data from the pre-satellite era. The dataset is based on multiple historical archival records including topographical maps; repeated photographs, paintings, and aerial or satellite images with a supplement of geochronology; and own field data. We provide ESRI shapefiles showing 728 past positions of 94 glacier fronts from all continents, except Antarctica, covering the period between the Little Ice Age maxima and the present. On average, the time series span the past 190 years. From 2 to 46 past positions per glacier are depicted (on average: 7.8). � 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.3390/data6100107
dc.identifier.issn23065729
dc.identifier.urihttp://10.2.3.109/handle/32116/4068
dc.identifier.urlhttps://www.mdpi.com/2306-5729/6/10/107
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherMDPIen_US
dc.subjectClimate changeen_US
dc.subjectGlacier retreaten_US
dc.subjectGlobal scaleen_US
dc.subjectLittle ice ageen_US
dc.subjectPre-satellite eraen_US
dc.titleThe retreat of mountain glaciers since the little ice age: A spatially explicit databaseen_US
dc.title.journalDataen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.type.accesstypeOpen Accessen_US

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