Climate change induces rapid growth of dead ice in Asian glaciers
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Dead ice in High Mountain Asia (HMA) varies responsive to dramatic glacier loss, profoundly impacting alpine water cycle patterns. We find significant dead ice increase over this century, additional area exceeds 3,000 km2, with mass 44.3 ± 2.0 ~ 64.1 ± 5.2 Gt. Debris coverage dominates dead ice spatial pattern. Dead ice expansion would significantly alter spatio-temporal patterns of glacier ablation and impact water supply sustainability in World's Water Towers.
