Artículos
Mining operations that have irreversibly intervened glaciers in Chile
Chile, a mountainous country, where 70% of the population is supplied with mountain water. Glaciers represent an essential and strategic public good for society, as natural reserves of fresh water in the context of global warming, allowing basic levels of water...
Terra Australis Incognita, the Fuegian ice
Tierra del Fuego south of the Estrecho de Magallanes, separated from continental America, north of the maligned Drake Sea and the mythical Cabo de Hornos, the largest island in South America is unknown to many to this day. Few are those who have had the privilege of...
Protection of the environment and glaciers in South America
COMPARATIVE LEGISLATION ON PROTECTION OF NATURE AND GLACIERS Since 2006, there have been initiatives for the creation of a Glacier Protection Law, which have failed mainly due to the lack of support from the governments of the day, since our political system leaves to...
FGCh participated in the launch of the Chile Sustentable’s glacier document
Last Friday, June 5 of this year, on the day of the environment, as Fundación Glaciares Chilenos we were part of the event "Glaciers and water security in days of health crisis", where the main reason was the launch of a video and the primer "Glaciers of Chile: The...
Glaciers, snows and the passage of time
NASA has an impressive gallery of images that visualize the transcendental pace of climate and anthropogenic change for different areas. Below we show you some of the graphic comparisons of various phenomena that have occurred in glaciers and ice around the world....
The accelerating melting of West Antarctica
Un estudio de la Universidad de Santiago, concluyó la intromisión de aguas cálidas provenientes de la Corriente Circumpolar antártica estaría provocando derretimientos acelerados en la Antártica. Esta información se detallo de manera gráfica junto a un modelo matemático que permite simular las capas de hielo antártico en fracciones de miles de años.
Fundación Glaciares Chilenos participates in the UN meeting
On May 28 of this year, a meeting called by the United Nations Organization in the context of the celebration of its 75th anniversary was held, with multiple representatives of civil society. Felipe Espinosa, Executive Director of Fundación Glaciares Chilenos, had the...
Major error by the Anglo American Mine reveals how Santiago’s glaciers would be affected
Anglo American's controversial project that seeks to expand the Los Bronces copper mine by US $ 3 billion, located under the Yerba Loca nature sanctuary 52 kilometers from Santiago, has weakened its plans after a technical error in a document from responses to...
How the impacts of climate change are projected: RCP Cases Part 1
Introduction to get acquainted with the terms We all know that climate change contributes to adverse global warming, but the truth is, to know how it really influences and to what extent, we must consider many factors, to try to predict these changes. A key variable...
Precipitation plays a critical role in how glaciers sculpt their environment
Los glaciares son poderosos agentes de erosión que han alterado profundamente la superficie de la tierra durante miles de años, sin embargo, los mecanismos que rigen la erosión glacial no se han podido comprender cabalmente, esto debido a que ocurren debajo del hielo, ocultos a simple vista. Una de las grandes interrogantes entre los glaciólogos, es el por qué algunos glaciares son más erosivos que otros. Al parecer, la precipitación juega un rol importante detrás de todo esto.
Documentary “Estado Glaciar: Primer Episodio” (Glacier State: First Episode)
"Estado Glaciar" is a documentary lasting about one hour, shared by the channel "Crisis Global" on the YouTube platform, on April 19 of this year. It is the first episode and in it various topics are exposed such as; the need for a glacier protection law, the current...
Month of the sea and the Southern Ocean
The Antarctic Ocean, also called the Southern Ocean, the Antarctic Glacial Ocean or the Antarctic Glacial Sea, is an oceanic extension whose existence as it is disputed. In general, its existence is recognized from the coasts of Antarctica to 55° South, the...