Attributing Mountain Glacier Retreat to Climate Change

Watch a 36-minute press conference from AGU exploring a new method for assessing individual glacier changes and findings on mountain glacier retreat. Learn about the controversial nature of attributing glacier retreat to climate change due to noisy signals. Discover how researchers use innovative techniques like hexagon satellite imagery, terrain models, and remote sensing to study global glacier mass balance and loss. Gain insights from experts Gerard Roe, Summer Rupper, and Ben Pelto as they discuss the importance of mountain glaciers as freshwater sources and symbols of climate change. Understand concepts such as mass balance, snow density, and high elevation change mapping in glacier research. Explore the implications of shrinking water reservoirs and the global impact of glacier mass loss.