Line Plot from Scientific Research

Glacier runoff relative to the initial state for a typical fast-responding glacier in the mid-latitudes (Aletsch Glacier). 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. 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. 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.

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