Global Glacier Extinction Explorer
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- Glacier changes are traditionally measured by total mass and area loss, but these metrics miss the disappearance of individual glaciers, which hold cultural, ecological, and societal value.
- This study assesses glacier extinction using two criteria: area below 0.01 km² or volume below 1% of initial value, with projections from three global glacier models under various emission scenarios.
- Extinction is defined relative to original glacier outlines from the Randolph Glacier Inventory, without accounting for fragmentation during retreat.
- Data sources include extinction projections from Van Tricht et al. (2026), glacier outlines from RGI v6.0, and ice volume estimates from Farinotti et al. (2019).
- The interactive web application was developed by Kristof Van Tricht using open-source software, and feedback can be sent to lander.van.tricht@vub.be.