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Indian Country Today Media Network
August 13, 2017
Bolivia's Chacaltaya Glacier, at one time one of the highest-altitude ski resorts on earth, no longer exists, threatening water and power supplies in the Andean region. ... The Quinault River has reached new lows on water levels due to the lack of glacial meltwater from Glaciers in the Olympic Mountains.
Popular Science
February 21, 2017
In 1998, he began measuring Chacaltaya, a glacier an hour's drive from the city, which held a world-famous attraction: the world's highest ski resort. Ramirez expected shrinkage. But the reality surprised even him: Just 15 meters thick, the glacier was disappearing at a rate of at least 1 meter a year. RamirezÃÂ ...
GlacierHub
February 3, 2017
In South America, the tropical glaciers of the Andes have been shrinking at an alarming rate, leaving the local communities at risk of losing an important water source. In Bolivia, for example, an Andean glacier known as the Chacaltaya Glacier disappeared completely in 2009, cutting off a valuable waterÃÂ ...
BBC News
December 10, 2016
Bolivia's largest city, La Paz, is currently enduring its worst drought in a quarter of a century. Glaciers in the surrounding Andean mountains are key to its water supply. Simon Parker visited the abandoned ski resort of Chacaltaya, where locals say they have been seeing changes in the climate for decades.
The Guardian
November 28, 2016
One glacier on Chacaltaya mountain – which rises above El Alto and which once hosted the world's highest ski resort – has already completely disappeared. And the two Tuni-Condoriri glaciers that provide water for El Alto and La Paz lost 39% of their area between 1983 and 2006 – at a rate of 0.24 sq kmÃÂ ...
The Independent
October 27, 2016
The glaciers can't keep “topping up” an unsustainable water supply like this. The short-term gain of more water during the dry season will turn into a longer-term water resource problem once the glaciers disappear. Some have already gone – in 2009, the Chacaltaya glacier, 30km from La Paz and onceÃÂ ...
The Conversation UK
October 20, 2016
The glaciers can't keep “topping up” an unsustainable water supply like this. The short-term gain of more water during the dry season will turn into a longer-term water resource problem once the glaciers disappear. Some have already gone – in 2009, the Chacaltaya glacier 30km from La Paz and onceÃÂ ...
The Guardian
January 28, 2015
The Chacaltaya glacier in 1996, located at 5400 m above La Paz city in Bolivia. Small glaciers are the most vulnerable, and are disappearing. The consistency of this signal back from Colombia to Bolivia shows the homogeneity of the change in these low latitude mountains. The atmospheric warming is theÃÂ ...
BBC News
May 12, 2009
Scientists in Bolivia say that one of the country's most famous glaciers has almost disappeared as a result of climate change. The Chacaltaya glacier, 5,300m (17,400 ft) up in the Andes, used to be the world's highest ski run. But it has been reduced to just a few small pieces of ice. Many Bolivians on theÃÂ ...
Grist Magazine
May 8, 2009
He believes the disappearance of Chacaltaya is an indication of the potent effects at higher elevations of the interaction of greenhouse gas accumulation and an increase in average global temperatures. And he thinks other glaciers in the region also may be melting at a rate faster than previously known.
Salon24.pl
November 1, 2017
In conclusion, this study suggests that the Chacaltaya glacier directly reflects ... As most of the glaciers in the outer tropical Andes, Chacaltaya ...
Indian Country Today Media Network
August 13, 2017
Bolivia's Chacaltaya Glacier, at one time one of the highest-altitude ski resorts on earth, no longer exists, threatening water and power supplies ...
The Guardian
May 5, 2017
The Chacaltaya glacier – once the world's highest ski resort – has ... The two Tuni-Condoriri glaciers that provide water to El Alto and La Paz ...
Popular Science
February 21, 2017
When the glaciers that fed La Paz, Bolivia, its water vanished, .... In 1998, he began measuring Chacaltaya, a glacier an hour's drive from the ...
GlacierHub
February 3, 2017
In South America, the tropical glaciers of the Andes have been shrinking ... In Bolivia, for example, an Andean glacier known as the Chacaltaya ...
BBC News
December 10, 2016
Glaciers in the surrounding Andean mountains are key to its water supply. Simon Parker visited the abandoned ski resort of Chacaltaya, where locals ... diesel vehicles in nearby La Paz contributed to the melting of the glacier.
The Guardian
November 28, 2016
Shrinking glaciers cause state-of-emergency drought in Bolivia ... One glacier on Chacaltaya mountain – which rises above El Alto and which ...
EcoWatch
November 26, 2016
View of El Alto from Chacaltaya ski resort, which closed in 2009 due to the disappearance of the glacier on its slopes. The shrinking glaciers ...
The Independent
October 27, 2016
Bolivia's glaciers have shrunk by more than 40 per cent in the past few ... Some have already gone – in 2009, the Chacaltaya glacier, 30km ...
The Conversation UK
October 20, 2016
Bolivia's glaciers have shrunk by more than 40% in the past few decades. ... Some have already gone – in 2009, the Chacaltaya glacier 30km ...
The Guardian
January 28, 2015
The Chacaltaya glacier in 1996, located at 5400 m above La Paz city in Bolivia. Small glaciers are the most vulnerable, and are disappearing. The consistency of this signal back from Colombia to Bolivia shows the homogeneity of the change in these low latitude mountains. The atmospheric warming is the ...
BBC News
May 12, 2009
Scientists in Bolivia say that one of the country's most famous glaciers has almost disappeared as a result of climate change. The Chacaltaya glacier, 5,300m (17,400 ft) up in the Andes, used to be the world's highest ski run. But it has been reduced to just a few small pieces of ice. Many Bolivians on theÃÂ ...
Grist Magazine
May 8, 2009
He believes the disappearance of Chacaltaya is an indication of the potent effects at higher elevations of the interaction of greenhouse gas accumulation and an increase in average global temperatures. And he thinks other glaciers in the region also may be melting at a rate faster than previously known.
Indian Country Today Media Network
August 13, 2017
Bolivia's Chacaltaya Glacier, at one time one of the highest-altitude ski resorts on earth, no longer exists, threatening water and power suppliesÃÂ ...
The Guardian
May 5, 2017
Towards the end of last year, the government of Bolivia declared a state of emergency after the worst drought in 25 years affected at least sevenÃÂ ...
Popular Science
February 21, 2017
When the glaciers that fed La Paz, Bolivia, its water vanished, .... In 1998, he began measuring Chacaltaya, a glacier an hour's drive from theÃÂ ...
GlacierHub
February 3, 2017
In South America, the tropical glaciers of the Andes have been shrinking ... In Bolivia, for example, an Andean glacier known as the ChacaltayaÃÂ ...
BBC News
December 10, 2016
Glaciers in the surrounding Andean mountains are key to its water supply. Simon Parker visited the abandoned ski resort of Chacaltaya, where locals ... diesel vehicles in nearby La Paz contributed to the melting of the glacier.
The Guardian
November 28, 2016
Shrinking glaciers cause state-of-emergency drought in Bolivia ... One glacier on Chacaltaya mountain – which rises above El Alto and whichÃÂ ...
EcoWatch
November 26, 2016
View of El Alto from Chacaltaya ski resort, which closed in 2009 due to the disappearance of the glacier on its slopes. The shrinking glaciersÃÂ ...
The Independent
October 27, 2016
Bolivia's glaciers have shrunk by more than 40 per cent in the past few ... Some have already gone – in 2009, the Chacaltaya glacier, 30kmÃÂ ...
The Conversation UK
October 20, 2016
Bolivia's glaciers have shrunk by more than 40% in the past few decades. ... Some have already gone – in 2009, the Chacaltaya glacier 30kmÃÂ ...
The Guardian
January 28, 2015
Global warming spells disaster for tropical Andes glaciers ... The Chacaltaya glacier in 1996, located at 5400 m above La Paz city in Bolivia.
Grist Magazine
May 8, 2009
Bolivia's 18,000 year-old Chacaltaya glacier is gone ... And he thinks other glaciers in the region also may be melting at a rate faster thanÃÂ ...
Simon Fraser University News
March 3, 2017
Scientists have long suspected that ice caps formed repeatedly in the tropical Andes during the late Pliocene, but only evidence of a single glaciation was known until now.
Popular Science
February 21, 2017
With a warming planet, there is just not enough snowfall or rain to replenish many of the world's glaciers. ... In 1998, he began measuring Chacaltaya, a glacier an hour's drive from the city, which held a world-famous attraction: the world's highest ...
GlacierHub
February 3, 2017
In South America, the tropical glaciers of the Andes have been shrinking at an alarming rate, leaving the local communities at risk of losing an important water source.
CleanTechnica
December 15, 2016
"Bolivia's largest city, La Paz, is currently enduring its worst drought in a quarter of a century. Glaciers in the surrounding Andean mountains are key to its water supply.
BBC News
December 11, 2016
Bolivia's largest city, La Paz, is currently enduring its worst drought in a quarter of a century. Glaciers in the surrounding Andean mountains are key to its water supply.
Truth-Out
December 2, 2016
Lake Poopo, once Bolivia's second-largest, is now just a dry, salty expanse. Many of the Uru-Murato people, who had lived off its waters for generations, have left joining a new global march of refugees fleeing not war or persecution, but climate change.
Brad Blog (blog)
November 29, 2016
... White House Releases Wishful Climate Change Plan Before Trump Takes Office; Antarctica: Rift in Pine Island Glacier points to a coming, broader collapse... PLUS: A Portrait of a Man Who Knows Nothing About Climate Change... and much, MUCH more!
The Guardian
November 28, 2016
One glacier on Chacaltaya mountain - which rises above El Alto and which once hosted the world's highest ski resort - has already completely disappeared.
EcoWatch
November 26, 2016
View of El Alto from Chacaltaya ski resort, which closed in 2009 due to the disappearance of the glacier on its slopes.
The World Weekly
November 25, 2016
The Chacaltaya glacier, whose seasonal melt waters had traditionally supplied La Paz with water during the dry season, disappeared in 2009.
The Guardian
November 23, 2016
It has forced Bolivia's glaciers into a full retreat up the tips of its northern mountains - reducing the key Chacaltaya glacier to naught. Multiple reservoirs are now bone-dry. And, for hundreds of thousands of people, the only source of drinking ...
International Business Times
November 23, 2016
In the latest sign of the devastating impact of global warming, Bolivia's government has declared a state of emergency in the wake of the country's worst drought in 25 years.
The Independent
October 27, 2016
The short-term gain of more water during the dry season will turn into a longer-term water resource problem once the glaciers disappear. Some have already gone - in 2009, the Chacaltaya glacier, 30km from La Paz and once home of Bolivia's only ski ...
EconoTimes
October 21, 2016
The short-term gain of more water during the dry season will turn into a longer-term water resource problem once the glaciers disappear. Some have already gone - in 2009, the Chacaltaya glacier 30km from La Paz and once home of Bolivia's only ski ...
The Conversation UK
October 20, 2016
The short-term gain of more water during the dry season will turn into a longer-term water resource problem once the glaciers disappear. Some have already gone - in 2009, the Chacaltaya glacier 30km from La Paz and once home of Bolivia's only ski ...
UK Progressive Magazine
September 2, 2016
... 23' sea rise), or Swiss Alps' glaciers turning into Land O' lakes, or the Everest base camp glacier turned to stone, or the permanent closing of the world's highest ski resort Chacaltaya at 17,785 feet turned to rock, or Chinese drought ...
