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GLACIMONTIS

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  • 1. ROR icon University of Bergen
  • 2. ROR icon University of Sheffield
  • 3. ROR icon Trinity College Dublin
  • 4. ROR icon University of Manchester
  • 5. Přírodovědecká Fakulta, Univerzita Karlova
  • 6. ROR icon Manchester Metropolitan University
  • 7. ROR icon North Dakota State University
  • 8. ROR icon Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research

Contributors

Project manager:

  • 1. ROR icon University of Bergen
  • 2. ROR icon University of Sheffield
  • 3. ROR icon Trinity College Dublin
  • 4. The University of Mancherster
  • 5. Přírodovědecká Fakulta, Univerzita Karlova
  • 6. ROR icon Manchester Metropolitan University
  • 7. ROR icon North Dakota State University
  • 8. ROR icon Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research

Description

Disclaimer: All glacier reconstructions in GLACIMONTIS are either openly available, included with explicit author permission, or digitized as derivative products from published figures; original sources are fully cited, and users are requested to cite both GLACIMONTIS and the original publications when reusing the data.

 

GLACIMONTIS is an open-access global geodatabase of mountain glacier extents and represents the most comprehensive and up-to-date synthesis of mountain glacier extent around the Last Glacial Maximum (MIS 3 to 2; 57-14 ka) spanning 57-14 kyr BP. Our synthesis integrates reconstructions from 209 studies across 271 mountain ranges worldwide, compiling 15,014 individual glacier reconstructions, including 8,809 reconstructions compiled for the first time in a global geodatabase. The database incorporates detailed metadata, direct links to original sources, a hierarchical mountain range classification system. Our work updates knowledge in 135 mountain ranges and highlights research gaps in 71 others. 

 

How to cite GLACIMONTIS: Lima, A.C., Dulfer, H.E., Hughes, A.L.C., Margold, M., Barr, I., Laabs, B.J.C., Flantua, S.G.A. Mountain glacier extents at the Last Glacial Maximum. Sci Data (2026).

 

 

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Funding

Trond Mohn stiftelse
Past, Present and Future of Alpine Biomes Worldwide (PPF-Alpine) TMS2022STG03
Ministry of Education Youth and Sports
Natural and Anthropogenic Georisks (Georizika) CZ.02.01.01/00/22_008/0004605
University of Bergen
Past, Present and Future of Alpine Biomes Worldwide (PPF-Alpine) TMS2022STG03

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