Artículos
Water scarcity and devaluation of the landscape, a lack of consent regarding the origin of the resource
The importance of revealing the city and preserving the landscape of the water, understood as cultural heritage, is key. It is necessary to value the main drinking water reserves for Santiago, raise awareness of the current water shortage and that affects each of the...
Recapitulating the sessions of the Mining and Energy Commission for the Glacier Law
Following the trend regarding the previous article on the comparison between the original Glacier Protection Law proposal and the modifications presented by the current government (you can see it here), we invite you below to read the four articles that summarize the...
Comparison between the proposed glacier protection law and the modifications made by the current government
Since July 4, 2018, the current glacier protection law propposal, (sixth attempt to create the law), has been processed in the National Congress. This project is under discussion by the Senate, specifically by the Mining and Energy Commission, because it could...
Vestiges of a rainforest in Antarctica
Every time we hear the word Antarctic, the vast majority of us think of endless white plains, bluish walls, icy peaks, and temperatures as low as hostile. The very idea of high temperatures and a landscape of vast flower trees located at the south pole, could only...
Collaboration agreement GAIA Antarctic Research Center – Glaciares Chilenos
Starting today, Monday April 4, 2020, the Chilean Glaciers Foundation enters into a collaboration agreement with the GAIA Antarctic Research Center (CIGA) of the University of Magallanes (UMAG). The main objective of CIGA is to improve, develop and strengthen...
Ecuador has lost more than half of its glacier coverage
The glaciers of Ecuador are located in the mountain ranges of volcanic origin and are restricted to the highest peaks. The glaciers (Antisana, Cotopaxi, Chimborazo, Cayambe, Los Ilinizas (north and south), El Altar and Carihuairazo) are limited to two mountain ranges:...
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...