Global disappearance of tropical mountain glaciers: observations, causes, and challenges

BK Veettil, U Kamp - Geosciences, 2019 - mdpi.com
This article reviews the current status of tropical glaciers in the South American Andes, East
Africa, and Australasia by shedding light on past, present, and future glacier coverage in the …

Constraining glacier elevation and mass changes in South America

MH Braun, P Malz, C Sommer… - Nature Climate …, 2019 - nature.com
Excluding the large ice sheets of Greenland and Antarctica, glaciers in South America are
large contributors to sea-level rise. Their rates of mass loss, however, are poorly known …

CO2 capture and storage: a way forward for sustainable environment

MN Anwar, A Fayyaz, NF Sohail, MF Khokhar… - Journal of environmental …, 2018 - Elsevier
The quest for a sustainable environment and combating global warming, carbon capture,
and storage (CCS) has become the primary resort. A complete shift from non-renewable …

Glacial lakes in the andes under a changing climate: a review

BK Veettil, U Kamp - Journal of Earth Science, 2021 - Springer
In this article, we review the current knowledge of the glacial recession and related glacial
lake development in the Andes of South America. Since the mid-1980s, hundreds of glacial …

Analysis and proposal of energy planning and renewable energy plans in South America: Case study of Ecuador

D Icaza, D Borge-Diez, SP Galindo - Renewable Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
This research evaluates the South American Electric Energy System and its features related
to the inclusion of renewable energies into the transition processes to leave fossil fuel-based …

Changes of the tropical glaciers throughout Peru between 2000 and 2016–mass balance and area fluctuations

T Seehaus, P Malz, C Sommer, S Lippl… - The …, 2019 - tc.copernicus.org
Glaciers in tropical regions are very sensitive to climatic variations and thus strongly affected
by climate change. The majority of the tropical glaciers worldwide are located in the …

The impacts of warming on rapidly retreating high-altitude, low-latitude glaciers and ice core-derived climate records

LG Thompson, ME Davis, E Mosley-Thompson… - Global and Planetary …, 2021 - Elsevier
Alpine glaciers in the low-and mid-latitudes respond more quickly than large polar ice
sheets to changes in temperature, precipitation, cloudiness, humidity, and radiation. Many …

Map** projected variations of temperature and precipitation due to climate change in Venezuela

JA Viloria, BO Olivares, P García, F Paredes-Trejo… - Hydrology, 2023 - mdpi.com
The impacts of climate change will not be homogeneous in all countries or between regions
within each country. Map** projected changes in temperature and precipitation is crucial …

Climate Change according to Ecuadorian academics–Perceptions versus facts

T Toulkeridis, E Tamayo… - … Revista de Ciencias …, 2020 - scielo.senescyt.gob.ec
El cambio climático se ha convertido en uno de los temas principales en las agendas en
diferentes países. Los efectos actuales requieren de acciones climáticas efectivas ya …

[ΒΙΒΛΙΟ][B] The Andean glacier and water atlas: the impact of glacier retreat on water resources

KS Johansen, B Alfthan, E Baker, M Hes**… - 2018 - books.google.com
This Atlas illustrates the significant reduction in glacier mass happening throughout the
Andean region. It quantifies the contribution of glaciers to drinking water supplies in cities …