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SEA approves start of mining project in Putaendo threatening glacier area
Last Monday, April 20, the Environmental Assessment Commission of the Valparaíso Region, approved in an online session the controversial project “Las Tejas pre-feasibility mining soundings” presented by the company Minera Vizcachitas Holding (CMVH), which considers...
Clouds of particulate matter could threaten the Olivares Glaciers
During Sunday April 19, after noon, it was easy to see from different parts of Santiago, a notorious cloud that apparently emanated behind Cerro La Paloma and Altar, where the Yerba Loca Sanctuary Valley closes in the Andes mountain range. This coincides with the...
Keys to understand the evolution of glaciers through the landscape: Moraines
Glaciers are one of the most sublime expressions of nature. The Chilean writer Francisco Coloane describes the landscapes of the ice kingdom as fascinating places, of immeasurable greatness, solitude and surrealism. And also of dangers, by the way. In addition to...
Current legal protection of glaciers in Chile
I invite you to remember that glaciers in our country do not yet have a particular law to protect them, the last of the six attempts to create a protection standard, has been in the formation stage in our National Congress since July 4 2018, by the way, without...
28 types of unknown viruses discovered housed in Tibetan plateau glacier ice
Hundreds of thousands of years ago, the earth coexisted with various already extinct animals, flora, microorganisms, bacteria and viruses in an environment that is probably very different from the one we inhabit today, and of which we know little. Our planet is an...
Navarro Glacier, a glacier in De Agostini Fjord
On the Big Island of Tierra del Fuego, there is a Fjord located at latitude 54 ° 43´South and Longitude 70.43 West, the name as well as the protection area is “De Agostini”. The discovery of the fjord is attributed to Salesian Father in 1913 and it is named Fjord...
Vestiges of Glaciations
Despite the impressive and imposing appearance of Patagonian Glaciers today, we must clarify that they are only small segments of the last glaciation. Still, despite their decline, they are of remarkable importance, occupying ten percent of the emerging lands and...
Glaciers in the European Alps projected to extinction by 2100
The renowned Alps are a mountain range located in central Europe. Mont Blanc is its highest peak at 4810 meters of altitude. Spread over the entire Alpine mountain range, more than 5000 glaciers can be counted, which are currently remains of the great quaternary...
Current status of the Glacier Protection Law – Bulletin N ° 11876-12
CURRENT STATE OF GLACIER PROTECTION LAW 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 presidents who have governed since then. Despite this, on July 4, 2018, Senators...
Large rockfall near the Mesón Alto glacier
Today these photographs of a large rockfall occurred in the vicinity of the Mesón Alto glacier, near Embalse El Yeso, the main source of water in the Metropolitan region, have been circulating in various media. At the moment, we do not know if this rockfall occured...
Macro Photography at the Exploradores Glacier
Nuestro colaborador Marcos Cole nos comparte estas maravillosas fotografías macro que obtuvo después de cuatro meses realizando trabajos sobre el famoso Glaciar Exploradores, ubicado en Campos de Hielo Patagónico Norte
SEA extends EIA evaluation deadline for Los Bronces mine amid controversies
In July of last year, the mining company began processing the project to extend the useful life of Los Bronces, which considers an investment of some US $ 3 billion. The Environmental Evaluation Service (SEA), on March 6, issued a resolution to extend the evaluation...