The glaciers of the Dolomites: the last 40 years of melting

Securo, Andrea; Del Gobbo, Costanza; Baccolo, Giovanni; Barbante, Carlo; Citterio, Michele; De Blasi, Fabrizio; Marcer, Marco; Valt, Mauro; Colucci, Renato R.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-19-1335-2025

Articles | Volume 19, issue 3

https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-19-1335-2025

© Author(s) 2025. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-19-1335-2025

© Author(s) 2025. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 19, issue 3

Research article

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24 Mar 2025

Research article |

| 24 Mar 2025

The glaciers of the Dolomites: the last 40 years of melting

Andrea Securo, Costanza Del Gobbo, Giovanni Baccolo, Carlo Barbante, Michele Citterio, Fabrizio De Blasi, Marco Marcer, Mauro Valt, and Renato R. Colucci

Supplement

https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-19-1335-2025-supplement

Data sets

The Glaciers of the Dolomites: last 40 years of melting Andrea Securo et al. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11109783

Video abstract

The Glaciers of the Dolomites Andrea Securo https://doi.org/10.5446/69824

Short summary

We have reconstructed the multi-decadal (1980s–2023) ice mass changes for all the current mountain glaciers in the Dolomites. We used historical aerial photographs, drone surveys, and lidar to fill the glaciological data gap for the region. We observed an alarming decline in both glacier area and volume, with some of the glaciers showing smaller losses due to local topography and debris cover feedback. We strongly recommend more specific monitoring of these glaciers.