Journal article
Increased outburst flood hazard from Lake Palcacocha due to human-induced glacier retreat
- Abstract:
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A potential glacial lake outburst flood from Lake Palcacocha (Cordillera Blanca, Peru) threatens Huaraz, a city of 120,000 people. In 1941, an outburst flood destroyed one-third of the city and caused at least 1,800 fatalities. Since pre-industrial times, Lake Palcacocha has expanded due to the retreat of Palcaraju glacier. Here we used observations and numerical models to evaluate the anthropogenic contribution to the glacier’s retreat and glacial lake outburst flood hazard. We found that th...
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- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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Natural Environment Research Council
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Bibliographic Details
- Publisher:
- Springer Nature Publisher's website
- Journal:
- Nature Geoscience Journal website
- Volume:
- 14
- Issue:
- 2
- Pages:
- 85-90
- Publication date:
- 2021-02-04
- Acceptance date:
- 2021-01-05
- DOI:
- EISSN:
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1752-0908
- ISSN:
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1752-0894
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- Language:
- English
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- Pubs id:
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1146463
- Local pid:
- pubs:1146463
- Deposit date:
- 2020-11-23
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- Copyright holder:
- Stuart-Smith et al.
- Copyright date:
- 2021
- Rights statement:
- Copyright © 2021, The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature Limited
- Notes:
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This is the accepted manuscript version of the article. The final version is available from Springer Nature at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41561-021-00686-4
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