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2025

Baldacchino, F., Golledge, N. R., Morlighem, M., Horgan, H., Alevropoulos-Borrill, A. V., Malyarenko, A., Gossart, A., Lowry, D. P., and van Haastrecht, L.: Modelling GNSS-observed seasonal velocity changes of the Ross Ice Shelf, Antarctica, using the Ice-sheet and Sea-level System Model (ISSM), The Cryosphere, 19, 107–127, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-19-107-2025

Mattea, E., Berthier, E., Dehecq, A., Bolch, T., Bhattacharya, A., Ghuffar, S., Barandun, M., Hoelzle, M. (2025): Five decades of Abramov glacier dynamics reconstructed with multi-sensor optical remote sensing. The Cryosphere 19, 219–247, doi:10.5194/tc-19-219-2025.
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-19-219-2025

2024

Kodl, G., Streeter, R., Cutler, N., Bolch, T. (2024): Arctic tundra shrubification can obscure increasing levels of soil erosion in NDVI assessments of land cover derived from satellite imagery. Remote Sensing of Environment 301, 112935, doi:10.1016/j.rse.2023.113935.

Huang, Y., Huang, L., Bolch, T. (2024): Monitoring firn and wet snow on mountain glaciers: polarization and orbit effects. Geo-spatial Information Science 27, 761–772. doi:10.1080/10095020.2024.2354867.

Piermattei, L., Zemp, M., Sommer, C., Brun, F., Braun, M.H., Andreassen, L.M., Belart, J.M.C., Berthier, E., Bhattacharya, A., Boehm Vock, L., Bolch, T., Dehecq, A., Dussaillant, I., Falaschi, D., Florentine, C., Floricioiu, D., Ginzler, C., Guillet, G., Hugonnet, R., Huss, M., Kääb, A., King, O., Klug, C., Knuth, F., Krieger, L., La Frenierre, J., McNabb, R., Mcneil, C., Prinz, R., Sass, L., Seehaus, T., Shean, D., Treichler, D., Wendt, A., Yang, R. (2024). Observing glacier elevation changes from spaceborne optical and radar sensors – an inter-comparison experiment using ASTER and TanDEM-X data. The Cryosphere 18, 3195–3230. doi:10.5194/tc-18-3195-2024.

Wu, K., Feng, J., Cheng, P., Bolch, T., Jiang, Z., Liu, S., Tahir, A.A., 2024. Surge Mechanisms of Garmo Glacier: Integrating Multi-Source Data for Insights into Acceleration and Hydrological Control. Remote Sensing 16. doi:10.3390/rs16244619.

Wang, X., Zhang, G., Veh, G., Sattar, A., Wang, W., Allen, S. K., Bolch, T., Peng, M., & Xu, F. (2024). Reconstructing glacial lake outburst floods in the Poiqu River basin, central Himalaya. Geomorphology, 449, 109063. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2024.109063

Wang, X., Ran, W., Wei, J., Yin, Y., Liu, S., Bolch, T., Zhang, Y., Xue, X., Ding, Y., Liu, Q., Zhang, Y. & He, L. (2024). Spatially resolved glacial meltwater retainment in glacial lakes exerts increasing impacts in High Mountain Asia. Journal of Hydrology, 130967. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2024.130967

2023

Falaschi, D., Bhattacharya, A., Guillet, G., Huang, L., King, O., Mukherjee, K., Rastner, P., Yao, T., & Bolch, T. (2023). Annual to seasonal glacier mass balance in High Mountain Asia derived from Pléiades stereo images: Examples from the Pamir and the Tibetan Plateau. The Cryosphere, 17(12), 5435–5458. https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-17-5435-2023

Salerno, F., Guyennon, N., Yang, K., Shaw, T. E., Lin, C., Colombo, N., Romano, E., Gruber, S., Bolch, T., Alessandri, A., Cristofanelli, P., Putero, D., Diolaiuti, G., Tartari, G., Verza, G., Thakuri, S., Balsamo, G., Miles, E. S., & Pellicciotti, F. (2023). Local cooling and drying induced by Himalayan glaciers under global warming. Nature Geoscience. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41561-023-01331-y

Guillet, G., & Bolch., T. (2023): Bayesian estimation of glacier elevation changes from DEMs. Frontiers in Earth Science, 11: 1076732. https://doi.org/10.3389/feart.2023.1076732

Bhattacharya, A., Mukherjee, K., King, O., Karmakar, S., Remya, S. N., Kulkarni, A. V., Kropáček, J., & Bolch, T. (2023): Influence of climate and non-climatic attributes on declining glacier mass budget and surging in Alaknanda Basin and its surroundings. Global and Planetary Change, 230, 104260. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloplacha.2023.104260

King, O., Ghuffar, S., Bhattacharya, A., Yao, R., Yao, T., & Bolch, T. (2023). Glaciological and climatological drivers of heterogeneous glacier mass loss in the Tanggula Shan (Central-Eastern Tibetan Plateau), since the 1960s. Journal of Glaciology, 69(277), 1149–1166. https://doi.org/10.1017/jog.2023.5

Zhang, G., Bolch, T., Yao, T., Rounce, D. R., Chen, W., Veh, G., King, O., Allen, S. K., Wang, M., & Wang, W. (2023): Underestimated mass loss from lake-terminating glaciers in the greater Himalaya. Nature Geoscience. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41561-023-01150-1

Ghuffar, S., King, O., Guillet, G., Rupnik, E., and Bolch, T. (2023): Brief communication: Glacier mapping and change estimation using very high-resolution declassified Hexagon KH-9 panoramic stereo imagery (1971–1984), The Cryosphere, 17, 1299–1306, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-17-1299-2023

Xie, F., Liu, S., Gao, Y., Zhu, Y., Bolch, T., Kääb, A., Duan, S., Miao, W., Kang, J., Zhang, Y., Pan, X., Qin, C., Wu, K., Qi, M., Zhang, X., Yi, Y., Han, F., Yao, X., Liu, Q., … Saifullah, M. (2023): Interdecadal glacier inventories in the Karakoram since the 1990s. Earth System Science Data, 15(2), 847–867. doi: 10.5194/essd-15-847-2023

Falaschi, D., Berthier, E., Belart, J. M. C., Bravo, C., Castro, M., Durand, M., & Villalba, R. (2023). Increased mass loss of glaciers in Volcán Domuyo (Argentinian Andes) between 1962 and 2020, revealed by aerial photos and satellite stereo imagery. Journal of Glaciology, 69(273), 40–56. https://doi.org/10.1017/jog.2022.43

2022

Mishra, A., Nainwal, H. C., Bolch, T., Shah, S. S., & Shankar, R. (2022): Glacier inventory and glacier changes (1994–2020) in the Upper Alaknanda Basin, Central Himalaya. Journal of Glaciology, 1–16. doi:10.1017/jog.2022.87

Allen, S. K., Sattar, A., King, O., Zhang, G., Bhattacharya, A., Yao, T., Bolch, T. (2022): Glacial lake outburst flood hazard under current and future conditions: Worst-case scenarios in a transboundary Himalayan basin. Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, 22(11), 3765–3785. doi: 10.5194/nhess-22-3765-2022

Ehlers, T. A., Chen, D., Appel, E., Bolch, T., Chen, F., Diekmann, B., Dippold, M. A., Giese, M., Guggenberger, G., Lai, H.-W., Li, X., Liu, J., Liu, Y., Ma, Y., Miehe, G., Mosbrugger, V., Mulch, A., Piao, S., Schwalb, A., … Zhu, L. (2022): Past, present, and future geo-biosphere interactions on the Tibetan Plateau and implications for permafrost. Earth-Science Reviews, 104197. doi:10.1016/j.earscirev.2022.104197

Ghuffar, S., Bolch, T., Rupnik, E., & Bhattacharya, A. (2022): A pipeline for automated processing of declassified Corona KH-4 (1962-1972) stereo imagery. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 1–1. doi: 10.1109/TGRS.2022.3200151

Huang, L., Hock, R., Li, X., Bolch, T., Yang, K., Wang, N., Yao, T., Zhou, J., Dou, C., & Li, Z. (2022): Winter accumulation drives the spatial variations in glacier mass balance in High Mountain Asia. Science Bulletin, S2095927322003644. doi: 10.1016/j.scib.2022.08.019

Vishwakarma, B. D., Ramsankaran, R., Azam, Mohd. F., Bolch, T., Mandal, A., Srivastava, S., Kumar, P., Sahu, R., Navinkumar, P. J., Tanniru, S. R., Javed, A., Soheb, M., Dimri, A. P., Yadav, M., Devaraju, B., Chinnasamy, P., Reddy, M. J., Murugesan, G. P., Arora, M., … Bamber, J. (2022): Challenges in Understanding the Variability of the Cryosphere in the Himalaya and Its Impact on Regional Water Resources. Frontiers in Water, 4, 909246. doi: 10.3389/frwa.2022.909246

Bertone, A., Barboux, C., Bodin, X., Bolch, T., Brardinoni, F., Caduff, R., Christiansen, H. H., Darrow, M. M., Delaloye, R., Etzelmüller, B., Humlum, O., Lambiel, C., Lilleøren, K. S., Mair, V., Pellegrinon, G., Rouyet, L., Ruiz, L., Strozzi, T. (2022): Incorporating InSAR kinematics into rock glacier inventories: Insights from 11 regions worldwide. The Cryosphere, 16(7), 2769–2792. doi: 10.5194/tc-16-2769-2022

Medeu, A.R., Popov, N.V., Blagovechshenskiy, V.P., Askarova, M.A., Medeu, A.A., Ranova, S.U., Kamalbekova, A., Bolch, T. (2022): Moraine-dammed glacial lakes and threat of glacial debris flows in South-East Kazakhstan. Earth-Science Reviews, 229, 103999. doi: 10.1016/j.earscirev.2022.103999

Orr, A., Ahmad, B., Alam, U., Appadurai, A., Bharucha, Z.P., Biemans, H., Bolch, T., et al. (2022): Knowledge priorities on climate change and water in the Upper Indus Basin: a horizon scanning exercise to identify the top 100 research questions in social and natural sciences. Earth’s Future 10, e2021EF002619. doi:10.1029/2021EF002619

Bolch, T., Yao, T., Bhattacharya, A., Hu, Y., King, O., Liu, L., Pronk, J.B., Rastner, P., Zhang, G. (2022): Earth observation to investigate occurrence, characteristics and changes of glaciers, glacial lakes and rock glaciers in the Poiqu River basin (Central Himalaya). Remote Sensing 14(8) 1927. doi: 10.3390/rs14081927

Wortmann, M., Duethmann, D., Menz, C., Bolch, T., Huang, S., Tong, J., Kundzewicz, Z.W., Krysanova, V. (2022): Projected climate change and its impacts on glaciers and water resources in the headwaters of the Tarim River, NW China/Kyrgyzstan. Climatic Change 171, (3–4) 30. doi: 10.1007/s10584-022-03343-w

Robson, B. A., MacDonell, S., Ayala, Á., Bolch, T., Nielsen, P. R., Vivero, S. (2022): Glacier and rock glacier changes since the 1950s in the La Laguna catchment, Chile. The Cryosphere 16(2), 647–665. doi: 10.5194/tc-16-647-2022

Guillet, G., King, O., Lv, M., Ghuffar, S., Benn, D., Quincey, D., Bolch, T. (2022): A regionally resolved inventory of High Mountain Asia surge-type glaciers, derived from a multi-factor remote sensing approach. The Cryosphere 16, 603-623, doi: 10.5194/tc-16-603-2022

Wangchuk, S., Bolch, T., Robson, B. (2022): Monitoring glacial lakes and their surroundings using Sentinel-1 SAR data, Google Earth Engine, and Persistent Scatter Interferometry. Remote Sensing of Environment 271, 112910, doi: 10.1016/j.rse.2022.112910

2021

Pronk, J.B., Bolch, T., King, O., Wouters, B., Benn, D.I. (2021): Contrasting surface velocities between lake- and land-terminating glaciers in the Himalayan region. The Cryosphere. 15, 5577–5599, doi: 10.5194/tc-15-5577-2021

Bhattacharya, A., Bolch, T., Mukherjee, K., King, O., Menounos, B., Kapitsa, V., Neckel, N., Yang, W., Yao, T. (2021): High Mountain Asian glacier response to climate revealed by multi-temporal satellite observations since the 1960s. Nature Communications. doi: 10.1038/s41467-021-24180-y

Bolch, T., Duethmann, D., Wortmann, M., Liu, S., Disse, M. (2021): Declining glaciers endanger sustainable development of the oases along the Aksu-Tarim River (Central Asia). International Journal of Sustainable Development & World Ecology. doi: 10.1080/13504509.2021.1943723

King, O., Bhattacharya, A., Bolch, T. (2021): The presence and influence of glacier surging around the Geladandong ice caps, North East Tibetan Plateau. Advances in Climate Change Research. doi:10.1016/j.accre.2021.05.001

Highlight Articles:

Li, D., Lu, X., Walling, D. E., Zhang, T., Steiner, J. F., Wasson, R. J., Harrison, S., Nepal, S., Nie, Y., Immerzeel, W. W., Shugar, D. H., Koppes, M., Lane, S., Zeng, Z., Sun, X., Yegorov, A., Bolch, T. (2022): High Mountain Asia hydropower systems threatened by climate-driven landscape instability. Nature Geoscience. doi: 10.1038/s41561-022-00953-y

Yao, T., Bolch, T., Chen, D., Gao, J., Immerzeel, W., Piao, S., Su, F., Thompson, L., Wada, Y., Wang, L., Wang, T., Wu, G., Xu, B., Yang, W., Zhang, G., Zhao, P. (2022): The imbalance of the Asian water tower. Nature Reviews Earth & Environment. doi: 10.1038/s43017-022-00299-4

Bhattacharya, A., Bolch, T., Mukherjee, K., King, O., Menounos, B., Kapitsa, V., Neckel, N., Yang, W., Yao, T. (2021): High Mountain Asian glacier response to climate revealed by multi-temporal satellite observations since the 1960s. Nature Communications. doi: 10.1038/s41467-021-24180-y

Allen, S.K., Zhang, G.Q., Wang, W.C., Yao, T.D., Bolch, T. (2019): Potentially dangerous glacial lakes across the Tibetan Plateau revealed using a large scale automated assessment approach. Science Bulletin 64: 435–445. doi: 10.1016/j.scib.2019.03.011

Bolch, T., Shea, J. M., Liu, S.Y., Azam, F. M., Yang, G., Gruber, S., Immerzeel, W. W., Kulkarni, A., Li, H.L., Tahir, A. A., Zhang, G.Q., Zhang, Y.S. (2019): Status and Change of the Cryosphere in the Extended Hindu Kush Himalaya Region. In: P. Wester et al. (eds.), The Hindu Kush Himalaya Assessment, Springer Nature. 209-255. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-92288-1_7

Bolch, T., Rohrbach, N., Kutusov, S., Robson, B., Osmonov, A. (2019): Occurrence, evolution and ice content of ice-debris complexes in the Ak-Shiirak, Central Tien Shan revealed by geophysical and remotely-sensed investigations. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms 44: 129–143. doi: 10.1002/esp.4487

King, O., Bhattacharya, A., Bhambri, R., Bolch, T. (2019): Glacial lakes exacerbate Himalayan glacier mass loss. Scientific Reports 9 (1): 18145. doi:10.1038/s41598-019-53733-x.

Bolch, T. (2017): Asian Glaciers are a reliable water source. Nature 545: 161-162. doi: 10.1038/545161a.

Pfeffer, W.T., Arendt, A. A., Bliss, A., Bolch, T., Cogley, J. G., Gardner, A. S., Hagen, J.-O., Hock, R., Kaser, G., Kienholz, C., Miles, E. S., Moholdt, G., Mölg, N., Paul, F., Radic, V., Rastner, P., Raup, B. H., Rich, J., Sharp, M. J., the Randolph Consortium (2014): The Randolph Glacier Inventory: a globally complete inventory of glaciers. Journal of Glaciology 60(211): 537-552. doi: 10.3189/2014JoG13J176

Benn, D.I., Bolch, T., Dennis, K., Gulley, J., Luckman, A., Nicholson, K.L., Quincey, D., Thompson, S., Toumi, R., Wiseman, S. (2012): Response of debris-covered glaciers in the Mt. Everest region to recent climate warming and its implications to outburst flood hazards. Earth Science Reviews 114(1-2):156-174. doi:10.1016/j.earscirev.2012.03.008

Bolch, T., Kulkarni, A., Kääb, A., Huggel, C., Paul, F., Cogley, G., Frey, H., Kargel, J.S., Fujita, K., Scheel, M., Bajracharya, S., Stoffel, M. (2012): The state and fate of Himalayan glaciers. SCIENCE 336(6079), 310–314. doi: 10.1126/science.121582