On the attribution of industrial-era glacier mass loss to anthropogenic climate change

Roe, Gerard H.; Christian, John Erich; Marzeion, Ben

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-1889-2021

Articles | Volume 15, issue 4

https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-1889-2021

© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-1889-2021

© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 15, issue 4

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19 Apr 2021

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On the attribution of industrial-era glacier mass loss to anthropogenic climate change

Gerard H. Roe, John Erich Christian, and Ben Marzeion

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RC1: 'Review of Roe et al., Attribution of industrial-era glacier mass loss', Lauren Vargo, 02 Dec 2020
- AC1: 'Reply on RC1', Gerard Roe, 02 Jan 2021
RC2: 'Review of Roe et al', Jonathan Bamber, 09 Dec 2020
- AC2: 'Reply on RC2', Gerard Roe, 02 Jan 2021

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ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (17 Jan 2021) by Alexander Robinson

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ED: Publish as is (29 Jan 2021) by Alexander Robinson

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Short summary

The worldwide retreat of mountain glaciers and consequent loss of ice mass is one of the most obvious signs of a changing climate and has significant implications for the hydrology and natural hazards in mountain landscapes. Consistent with our understanding of the human role in temperature change, we demonstrate that the central estimate of the size of the human-caused mass loss is essentially 100 % of the observed loss. This assessment resolves some important inconsistencies in the literature.