State and diffusion of Latin American glaciology in Internet

Authors

  • Ignacio Meneses Arias

Keywords:

Glacier, climate change, mass balance, ablation.

Abstract

The glaciers located in the tropical and intertropical are interesting for research focusing on climate change mainly by its smaller size, the rapid extinction experienced in response to atmospheric changes and the effects associated with this dynamic and its implications for communities using water as glacial structuring factor of social development. This paper conducts a preliminary description of the results of relevant in glaciology particularly in Latin America for it using mostly web pages created by specialized scientific and governmental institutions.

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Published

2012-07-13

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