climate change
Introduction to special Section of the journal "Hydrology and Earth System Sciences", which collects a selection of six papers presented at the EGU First General Assembly Session on Mountain Waters: climatic and hydrological sensitivity.
Mountain and Hydrology Research has a long tradition, but only the Rio Conference 1992 created a real breakthrough for a new awareness about the mountains of the world and their
natural and human resources. In the years 1997 and 1998 the mountains as water towers for a thirsty planet got a special interest of the UN institutions, which led not only to the
International Year of Mountains 2002 and...
The recurring drought and heat observed over large portions of the western U.S. have enerated adverse and costly effects, including lost agricultural productivity in rainfed regions of
the mid-west and Great Plains, record wildfires in Oregon, Colorado and California, and large fish kills in California’s Klamath River triggered by warm water temperatures. Drought has persisted for nearly a decade...
The growing awareness of complexities, the unexpected consequences of management strategies and an increase in uncertainties have triggered critical reflection about prevailing water management paradigms. This paper provides arguments for the need to change towards more integrated and adaptive water management regimes. The example of the Rhone basin is used to illustrate the challenges upland...
The Rhone river watershed covers a surface of 98 000 000 km2, including 10 000 km2 in Switzerland. Most of the discharge originates in the Alps, but a significant contribution is provided by the Jura Mountains and by the western Massif Central. The main river are the Rhône, the Saône, the Isère and the Durance. The total discharge at the sea 1700 m3.s-1.
Since 10 years, several models have...
The Rosenberg International Forum on Water Policy was created in 1996. It is named for Richard Rosenberg, former Chairman of the Bank of America. Upon Mr. Rosenberg's retirement in 1994, the Bank of America endowed the University of California in his name with resources to help support an invitational biennial water forum for the world's leading water scholars and senior water management...
Mountains form one of the most important bio-geographical resource zones of the world. They are remote areas covering 52 per cent of Asia, 36 percent of North America, 25 per cent of Europe, 22 per cent of South America, 17 per cent of Australia, and 3 per cent of Africa making up, in total, 24 per cent of the earth's continental surfaces. They encompass some of the most awe-inspiring...
This is a summary of the first discussion topic from the 2006 Rosenberg Water Policy E-Discussion. Topic 1: Planning for Climate Change, Locally.
This is a summary of the second discussion topic from a 2003 E-Discussion entitled, "Mountains as Water Towers E-Discussion: The Quantity and Quality of Water in and from Mountain Areas".
Topic 2: Climate Change Impacts
Snow capped areas in the Himalayas are most vulnerable to global warming and are among the least studied areas with connection to the climate change phenomenon. In order to explore different aspects of glacier retreat, this research admits some facts on energy balance and mass balance of snow and glacier in the Langtang region of Nepalese Himalaya with respect to turbulent heat flux, i.e.;...
Pages
