cff-version: 1.2.0
message: "If you use this software, please cite it as below."
type: software
authors:
  - family-names: Römer
    given-names: Johann
    affiliation: "MOR Research Collective"
title: "tropical-glacier-ecosystem-rle-utac"
version: "1.0.0"
date-released: "2026-09-01"
url: "https://github.com/GenesisAeon/tropical-glacier-ecosystem-rle-utac"
repository-code: "https://github.com/GenesisAeon/tropical-glacier-ecosystem-rle-utac"
license: MIT
abstract: "Real tropical glacier ecosystem collapse science: the first-ever IUCN Red List of Ecosystems assessment of a tropical glacier ecosystem (Ferrer-Paris et al. 2024, Oryx, DOI 10.1017/S0030605323001771 -- Cordillera de Merida, Venezuela, 90% ice decline, status CR/plausibly already Collapsed) plus an independent East African confirmation (Hinzmann et al. 2024, Environmental Research: Climate, DOI 10.1088/2752-5295/ad1fd7 -- Kilimanjaro/Mount Kenya/Rwenzori). Honesty-check module distinguishes ecosystem-collapse diagnosis from downstream water-security impact. Deliberately no UTAC/CREP/AFET bridge -- see DISCLAIMER.md. GenesisAeon P123."
keywords:
  - GenesisAeon
  - P123
  - climate
  - glacier
  - Red List of Ecosystems
  - cryosphere
  - open-science
references:
  - type: article
    title: "First Red List of Ecosystems assessment of a tropical glacier ecosystem to diagnose the pathways towards imminent collapse"
    authors:
      - name: "Ferrer-Paris, J.R."
      - name: "Llambi, L.D."
      - name: "Melfo, A."
      - name: "Keith, D.A."
    year: 2024
    journal: "Oryx"
    volume: 58
    issue: 6
    doi: "10.1017/S0030605323001771"
  - type: article
    title: "Tropical glacier loss in East Africa: recent areal extents on Kilimanjaro, Mount Kenya, and in the Rwenzori Range from high-resolution remote sensing data"
    authors:
      - name: "Hinzmann, A."
      - name: "Moelg, T."
      - name: "Braun, M."
    year: 2024
    journal: "Environmental Research: Climate"
    volume: 3
    issue: 1
    doi: "10.1088/2752-5295/ad1fd7"