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...
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....
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...
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.