Future evolution of glaciers

Globally or regionally:

Find out about the global future evolution of glaciers! This interactive graphic displays the volume change of all glaciers worldwide under four different global warming scenarios between +1.5°C and +4°C until 2100. You can also compare the global evolution to single glacier regions.

To start the app, click on this link:

European Alps:

You can also only look at the evolution of glaciers in the European Alps and compare the different alpine countries

To start the app, click on this link:

Authors

Fabien Maussion, Zora Schirmeister and Lilian Schuster

Data sources

Data: Rounce et al. (2022)

Source code

Code and data are on GitHub for the Global App, and the European Alps App, BSD3 licensed.

We welcome any app improvements. Just write us a mail with the jupyter-notebook or send us a pull request!