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Alfonso Fernández
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#Indisciplinary geoscientist crafting knowledge on interactions among #Mountains, #Climate, #Hydrology, and the #Cryosphere. Explore more at https://mountains.udec.cl/
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To celebrate this first ever World Day of the Glacier, and to highlight the role of climate change in shrinking the glaciers of the Andes, we are delighted to produce a first Deplete and Retreat Policy Brief on the future of the Andean water towers. www.antarcticglaciers.org/2025/03/poli...
Policy brief: The future of the Andes Water Towers - AntarcticGlaciers.org
The Deplete and Retreat team are delighted to be attending the first ever celebration for International Day of the Glacier in Paris, at the UNESCO HQ, in March 2025. We will be hosting a side event, e...
www.antarcticglaciers.org
March 21, 2025 at 9:10 AM
*Postdoctoral Position Announcement – Climate Dynamics and Climate Geoengineering in Mountains* Department of Geography, Mountain Hub (Alfonso Fernández) Universidad de Concepción (mountains.udec.cl), Chile
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March 8, 2025 at 10:26 AM
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We're delighted to share the news that PLOS Climate has been accepted for indexing in Scopus and in the Web of Science Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI)!

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January 2, 2025 at 10:43 AM
How to disentangle tectonic from non-tectonic (e.g. climate & glaciations) influences on landscape evolution? Our new research paper explores morphometric methods for the analysis of faulting styles, applied to the volcanic Andes, with global implications www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Faulting Styles Imprinted on Geomorphic Features: Insights from Morphometric Analysis and Paleostress Tensors in the Western Andean Front (35°S–38°S), Chile
This study explores the potential of logarithmic regressions of morphometric indices—mountain front sinuosity (Smf) and valley floor width-to-height r…
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December 30, 2024 at 8:32 PM
Along the Southern Andes, most glaciers exist on isolated volcanoes. Little studied to date, our research shows they may be important water reservoirs for the region doi.org/10.1016/j.jh...
Redirecting
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December 8, 2024 at 2:57 PM
Great piece and I agree 95%. I firmly believe that, by enabling genuine intellectual leadership from Global South researchers, we will produce innovative global-scale knowledge while working collaboratively across regions, cross-pollinating our perspectives and experiences: doi.org/10.1126/scie...
Neither climate laboratory nor knowledge vacuum: What’s at stake for the Global South in the debate around solar geoengineering research
Recently, I sat in a room in Cape Town with African climate scientists, watching them present results from sophisticated models examining how solar geoengineering interventions might affect local weat...
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December 3, 2024 at 11:58 AM
Did you know there are glaciers that advance amid a generalized global shrinkage of the #Mountain #Cryosphere? This fascinating complexity motivates #Geoscientists to challenge themselves to figure out how the Earth System works, #ClimateChange. laderasur.com/articulo/un-... Test your Spanish too!
Un gigante que avanza en vez de retroceder: Los misterios del glaciar Pío XI en la Patagonia chilena | Ladera Sur
El glaciar Pío XI, ubicado en el Campo de Hielo Sur, es el más grande de Sudamérica y uno de los pocos glaciares en el mundo que sigue avanzando en lugar de retroceder. Este fenómeno ha desconcertado ...
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November 28, 2024 at 1:40 PM
What is Solar Geoengineering, also known as Sunlight Reflection Methods?
YouTube video by SRM360
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November 26, 2024 at 5:34 PM
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📢 SRM360.org launches 26 Nov! 📢

SRM360 is an independent knowledge hub supporting evidence-based discussion on #SunlightReflectionMethods (SRM). As climate challenges grow, we aim to bridge the gap between complex science and public understanding. #SRM #climatescience
November 21, 2024 at 2:01 PM
I’ll be in my last visit to #Geography FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg under a #Humboldt Fellowship starting in January 2025, in case someone in Germany or elsewhere in Europe wants to connect and discuss #Climate #Mountains #Geoengineering #Cryosphere with #Geoscientist based on Chile
November 20, 2024 at 2:01 PM
#Climate #geoengineering and #Glaciers. Just testing a first post highlighting our latest paper that is the first to look into #SRM impacts on #Andean glacier mass balance. Our results suggest intriguing patterns of resilience that we believe deserve further research: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Impact of Solar Radiation Management on Andean glacier-wide surface mass balance - npj Climate and Atmospheric Science
npj Climate and Atmospheric Science - Impact of Solar Radiation Management on Andean glacier-wide surface mass balance
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November 14, 2024 at 1:55 PM