Rapid decline of snow and ice in the tropical Andes–Impacts, uncertainties and challenges ahead

M Vuille, M Carey, C Huggel, W Buytaert, A Rabatel… - Earth-science …, 2018 - Elsevier
Glaciers in the tropical Andes have been retreating for the past several decades, leading to
a temporary increase in dry season water supply downstream. Projected future glacier …

A review of the current state and recent changes of the Andean cryosphere

MH Masiokas, A Rabatel, A Rivera, L Ruiz… - Frontiers in Earth …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
The Andes Cordillera contains the most diverse cryosphere on Earth, including extensive
areas covered by seasonal snow, numerous tropical and extratropical glaciers, and many …

[PDF][PDF] Climate change 2022: Impacts, adaptation and vulnerability

C Parmesan, MD Morecroft, Y Trisurat - 2022 - hal.science
Chapter 2, building on prior assessments1, provides a global assessment of the observed
impacts and projected risks of climate change to terrestrial and freshwater ecosystems …

Terrestrial and freshwater ecosystems and their services

C Parmesan, MD Morecroft, Y Trisurat, R Adrian… - 2023 - ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk
Chapter 2, building on prior assessments, provides a global assessment of the observed
impacts and projected risks of climate change to terrestrial and freshwater ecosystems …

Central and south america

EJ Castellanos, MF Lemos, L Astigarraga, N Chacón… - 2022 - ri.conicet.gov.ar
Central and South America (CSA) is a highly diverse region, both culturally and biologically.
It has one of the highest levels of biodiversity on the planet (Hoorn et al., 2010; Zador et al …

Socio-ecological well-being perspectives of wetland loss scenario: A review

M Let, S Pal - Journal of Environmental Management, 2023 - Elsevier
Previous original research focused on wetland loss and finding out its drivers across
different regional units of the world. A few reports also tried to account world's condition on …

Woody vegetation dynamics in the tropical and subtropical Andes from 2001 to 2014: Satellite image interpretation and expert validation

TM Aide, HR Grau, J Graesser… - Global change …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The interactions between climate and land‐use change are dictating the distribution of flora
and fauna and reshuffling biotic community composition around the world. Tropical …

The arid Andean plateau waterscapes and the lithium triangle: flamingos as flagships for conservation of high-altitude wetlands under pressure from mining …

P Marconi, F Arengo, A Clark - Wetlands Ecology and Management, 2022 - Springer
The high Andean arid plateau extends through Peru, Argentina, Bolivia, and Chile. Within
the desert matrix, basins contain wetlands that provide essential resources for human …

Long-term wetland monitoring using the landsat archive: A review

Q Demarquet, S Rapinel, S Dufour, L Hubert-Moy - Remote Sensing, 2023 - mdpi.com
Wetlands, which provide multiple functions and ecosystem services, have decreased and
been degraded worldwide for several decades due to human activities and climate change …

Spatial prediction of soil water retention in a Páramo landscape: Methodological insight into machine learning using random forest

CMG Blanco, VMB Gomez, P Crespo, M Ließ - Geoderma, 2018 - Elsevier
Soils of Páramo ecosystems regulate the water supply to many Andean populations. In spite
of being a necessary input to distributed hydrological models, regionalized soil water …