Resilient rock glaciers will shape the future of temperate mountain ranges amidst widespread, accelerating recession of glaciers and perennial snowfields
Ashlesha Khatiwada1, Daniel McGrath1, Justin Pomeranz2, Gordon Gianniny3, Lusha Tronstad4, Debra Finn5, Elizabeth Case6, Friedrich Knuth7, Darren Jon Larsen8, Simeon Caskey9, Madeline Grubb9 and Scott Hotaling10, (1)Colorado State University, Department of Geosciences, Fort Collins, United States, (2)Colorado Mesa University, Environmental Sciences & Technology, Grand Junction, United States, (3)Utah State University, Watershed Sciences, Logan, United States, (4)University of Wyoming, Invertebrate Zoology Program, Laramie, United States, (5)Missouri State University, Department of Biology, Springfield, United States, (6)Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University, Palisades, United States, (7)ETH Zurich, Dept. of Civil, Environmental and Geomatic Engineering, Zurich, Switzerland, (8)Occidental College, Department of Geology, Los Angeles, CA, United States, (9)Grand Teton National Park, Physical Science, Moose, United States, (10)Utah State University, Department of Watershed Sciences, Logan, United States