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abstract:
- lang: eng
  text: The mountain cryosphere and groundwater play pivotal roles in shaping the
    hydrological cycle, yet their connectivity remains incompletely understood. Current
    knowledge on meltwater recharge and consequent groundwater discharge processes
    is better developed for snow–groundwater connectivity than for glacier–groundwater
    connectivity. Estimates of meltwater recharge vary considerably, which is probably
    a function of not only inherent catchment characteristics but also of the different
    spatio-temporal scales involved and the uncertainties in the methods used. This
    hinders a comprehensive understanding of the mountain water cycle. As glaciers
    retreat, permafrost thaws and snowpack diminishes, the relative importance of
    mountain groundwater is expected to increase. However, shifting and declining
    recharge from the cryosphere may decrease absolute groundwater amounts and fluxes
    with as-yet unknown effects on catchment-scale hydrological processes. We therefore
    stress the need to better quantify mountain cryosphere–groundwater connectivity
    to predict climate change impacts on mountain water supply and to support sustainable
    water resource management of downstream socio-ecological systems.
acknowledgement: 'We acknowledge the Mountain Research Initiative (MRI) for sponsoring
  the workshop ‘Cryosphere-groundwater Interactions: A Missing Link in Mountain Water
  Research’ via their funding from the Swiss Academy of Sciences (SCNAT) under project
  no. FNW0004 004-2019-00. M.v.T. was supported by a Walter Benjamin fellowship from
  the German Research Foundation (DFG) under project no. 510684314. C.A.-W. was supported
  by the Banting Postdoctoral Fellowships programme, administered by the government
  of Canada. G.C. acknowledges the support of the DFG research unit (FOR2793/2) investigating
  the ‘Sensitivity of High Alpine Geosystems to Climate Change since 1850’ (SEHAG)
  under grant CH981/3-2. F.D. acknowledges funding from the Dirección de Fomento de
  la Investigación at PUCP. I.d.G. acknowledges funding from the European Research
  Council (ERC) under grant agreement GROW-101041110. V.Y. was supported by Nazarbayev
  University under CRP research grant no. 021220CRP2122. We thank D. Masovic of VAW,
  ETH Zurich, for drawing Fig. 1.'
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article_type: original
author:
- first_name: Marit
  full_name: van Tiel, Marit
  last_name: van Tiel
- first_name: Caroline
  full_name: Aubry-Wake, Caroline
  last_name: Aubry-Wake
- first_name: Lauren
  full_name: Somers, Lauren
  last_name: Somers
- first_name: Christoff
  full_name: Andermann, Christoff
  last_name: Andermann
- first_name: Francesco
  full_name: Avanzi, Francesco
  last_name: Avanzi
- first_name: Michel
  full_name: Baraer, Michel
  last_name: Baraer
- first_name: Gabriele
  full_name: Chiogna, Gabriele
  last_name: Chiogna
- first_name: Clémence
  full_name: Daigre, Clémence
  last_name: Daigre
- first_name: Soumik
  full_name: Das, Soumik
  last_name: Das
- first_name: Fabian
  full_name: Drenkhan, Fabian
  last_name: Drenkhan
- first_name: Daniel
  full_name: Farinotti, Daniel
  last_name: Farinotti
- first_name: Catriona Louise
  full_name: Fyffe, Catriona Louise
  id: 001b0422-8d15-11ed-bc51-cab6c037a228
  last_name: Fyffe
- first_name: Inge
  full_name: de Graaf, Inge
  last_name: de Graaf
- first_name: Sarah
  full_name: Hanus, Sarah
  last_name: Hanus
- first_name: Walter
  full_name: Immerzeel, Walter
  last_name: Immerzeel
- first_name: Franziska
  full_name: Koch, Franziska
  last_name: Koch
- first_name: Jeffrey M.
  full_name: McKenzie, Jeffrey M.
  last_name: McKenzie
- first_name: Tom
  full_name: Müller, Tom
  last_name: Müller
- first_name: Andrea L.
  full_name: Popp, Andrea L.
  last_name: Popp
- first_name: Zarina
  full_name: Saidaliyeva, Zarina
  last_name: Saidaliyeva
- first_name: Bettina
  full_name: Schaefli, Bettina
  last_name: Schaefli
- first_name: Oliver S.
  full_name: Schilling, Oliver S.
  last_name: Schilling
- first_name: Kapiolani
  full_name: Teagai, Kapiolani
  last_name: Teagai
- first_name: James M.
  full_name: Thornton, James M.
  last_name: Thornton
- first_name: Vadim
  full_name: Yapiyev, Vadim
  last_name: Yapiyev
citation:
  ama: van Tiel M, Aubry-Wake C, Somers L, et al. Cryosphere–groundwater connectivity
    is a missing link in the mountain water cycle. <i>Nature Water</i>. 2024;2:624-637.
    doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1038/s44221-024-00277-8">10.1038/s44221-024-00277-8</a>
  apa: van Tiel, M., Aubry-Wake, C., Somers, L., Andermann, C., Avanzi, F., Baraer,
    M., … Yapiyev, V. (2024). Cryosphere–groundwater connectivity is a missing link
    in the mountain water cycle. <i>Nature Water</i>. Springer Nature. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1038/s44221-024-00277-8">https://doi.org/10.1038/s44221-024-00277-8</a>
  chicago: Tiel, Marit van, Caroline Aubry-Wake, Lauren Somers, Christoff Andermann,
    Francesco Avanzi, Michel Baraer, Gabriele Chiogna, et al. “Cryosphere–Groundwater
    Connectivity Is a Missing Link in the Mountain Water Cycle.” <i>Nature Water</i>.
    Springer Nature, 2024. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1038/s44221-024-00277-8">https://doi.org/10.1038/s44221-024-00277-8</a>.
  ieee: M. van Tiel <i>et al.</i>, “Cryosphere–groundwater connectivity is a missing
    link in the mountain water cycle,” <i>Nature Water</i>, vol. 2. Springer Nature,
    pp. 624–637, 2024.
  ista: van Tiel M, Aubry-Wake C, Somers L, Andermann C, Avanzi F, Baraer M, Chiogna
    G, Daigre C, Das S, Drenkhan F, Farinotti D, Fyffe CL, de Graaf I, Hanus S, Immerzeel
    W, Koch F, McKenzie JM, Müller T, Popp AL, Saidaliyeva Z, Schaefli B, Schilling
    OS, Teagai K, Thornton JM, Yapiyev V. 2024. Cryosphere–groundwater connectivity
    is a missing link in the mountain water cycle. Nature Water. 2, 624–637.
  mla: van Tiel, Marit, et al. “Cryosphere–Groundwater Connectivity Is a Missing Link
    in the Mountain Water Cycle.” <i>Nature Water</i>, vol. 2, Springer Nature, 2024,
    pp. 624–37, doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1038/s44221-024-00277-8">10.1038/s44221-024-00277-8</a>.
  short: M. van Tiel, C. Aubry-Wake, L. Somers, C. Andermann, F. Avanzi, M. Baraer,
    G. Chiogna, C. Daigre, S. Das, F. Drenkhan, D. Farinotti, C.L. Fyffe, I. de Graaf,
    S. Hanus, W. Immerzeel, F. Koch, J.M. McKenzie, T. Müller, A.L. Popp, Z. Saidaliyeva,
    B. Schaefli, O.S. Schilling, K. Teagai, J.M. Thornton, V. Yapiyev, Nature Water
    2 (2024) 624–637.
date_created: 2024-07-22T09:46:52Z
date_published: 2024-07-19T00:00:00Z
date_updated: 2025-12-02T13:42:28Z
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doi: 10.1038/s44221-024-00277-8
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title: Cryosphere–groundwater connectivity is a missing link in the mountain water
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