Evolution of the largest glacier in Mexico (Glaciar Norte) since the 50s: factors driving glacier retreatFootnote^*

* Conceptualisation, Jorge Cortés-Ramos and Hugo Delgado-Granados; Data curation, Jorge Cortés-Ramos and Guillermo Ontiveros-González; Formal analysis, all authors; Investigation, Jorge Cortés-Ramos, Hugo Delgado-Granados and Guillermo Ontiveros-González; Methodology, Jorge Cortés-Ramos; Visualisation, Jorge Cortés-Ramos and Christian Huggel; Writing – original draft, Jorge Cortés-Ramos; Writing – review & editing, Hugo Delgado-Granados, Christian Huggel and Guillermo Ontiveros-González.

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