But in a new modeling study of 56
glacier drainage basins worldwide, roughly half the studied sites have already reached a kind of tipping point — after which the amount of fresh water that runs off each year begins to decline.
Not exact matches
The timing of discharge from non-
glacier and
glacier streams is highlighted by this comparison of neighboring
drainage basins.
Measurements of
glacier discharge are monitored on surface
drainage basins on
glaciers and beyond the terminus of
glaciers.
The future of
glaciers and associated runoff is projected for 56 large
drainage basins globally, with
glacier wastage impacting on runoff and water resources even in
basins with limited
glacier cover.