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ArticleNature communications2026

Global glacier-free topography reveals a large potential for future lakes in presently ice-covered terrain.

T Frank, W J J van Pelt, D R Rounce, G Jouvet, R Hock

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Article in Nature communications, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

T FrankDepartment of Earth Sciences, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden. thomas.frank@geo.uu.se.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1053-3295
W J J van PeltDepartment of Earth Sciences, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4839-7900
D R RounceDepartment of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4481-4191
G JouvetInstitute of Earth Surface Dynamics, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8546-8459
R HockDepartment of Geosciences, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8336-9441

Funding

EC | EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation H2020 | H2020 Priority Excellent Science | H2020 European Research Council (H2020 Excellent Science - European Research Council) ERC-2022-ADG 101096057National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) 80NSSC20K1296National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) 80NSSC20K1595National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) 80NSSC24K1530National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) 80NSSC24K1638Norges Forskningsråd (Research Council of Norway) 324131Swedish National Space Board (Svenska Rymdstyrelsen) 189/18Swedish National Space Board (Svenska Rymdstyrelsen) 2024-00241Vetenskapsrådet (Swedish Research Council) 2020-04319Vetenskapsrådet (Swedish Research Council) 2022-06725
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Glacier retreat transforms landscapes in polar and mountainous regions. Yet, the topography of the emerging terrain remains poorly known. Here, we present a physically consistent, global map of the ice-covered topography beneath all glaciers on Earth distinct from the ice sheets, derived from the three-dimensional higher-order Instructed Glacier Model, and constrained by extensive observational datasets. The map allows us to identify  > 50,000 possible future lakes in the presently ice-covered landscape, with a maximum total volume of 3,138 km

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PMID42069646
PMCPMC13135513

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