Fig. 1: Projected mass and runoff change for a fast- and slow-responding glacier under idealized temperature stabilization and overshoot experiments.
From: Irreversible glacier change and trough water for centuries after overshooting 1.5 °C
a–e, Applied temperature change (a), glacier mass relative to the initial state (b,c) and glacier runoff relative to the initial state (d,e) for a typical fast-responding glacier in the mid-latitudes (Aletsch Glacier) (b,d) and a slower-responding glacier in the high latitudes (Wykeham Glacier South) (c,e). The overshoot phase refers to when the temperature exceeds the stabilization temperature, and the legacy phase refers to the period of time after the temperature stabilizes until the glacier reaches its new steady state. Precipitation is kept constant. Dry-melt-season runoff refers to the three driest months over the melt season and is shown relative to the annual initial glacier runoff. The runoff y-axis scales in d and e are different. Idealized changes for the largest glaciers in five other regions are shown in Extended Data Fig. 1. See Methods for additional detail on the idealized experiments.
