The 21st-century fate of the Mocho-Choshuenco ice cap in southern Chile

• Published in: The Cryosphere
• Main Authors: Scheiter, Matthias, Schaefer, Marius Roman, Flandez, Eduardo, Bozkurt, Deniz, Greve, Ralf
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2021
• Subjects: Geography; Physical; Geosciences; Multidisciplinary; Inach; Schaefer; Ice cap
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10533/72848; https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-3637-2021

Glaciers and ice caps are thinning and retreating along the entire Andes ridge, and drivers of this mass loss vary between the different climate zones. The southern part of the Andes (Wet Andes) has the highest abundance of glaciers in number and size, an Matthias Scheiter acknowledges financial support from the Australian National University and the CSIRO Deep Earth Imaging Future Science Platform. Marius Schaefer is supported by the FONDECYT Regular Grant, Etapa 2018, grant no. 1180785. Eduardo Flandez a FONDECYT REGULAR Proyectos de Investigación Australian National University; CSIRO Deep Earth Imaging Future Science Platform; FONDECYT [1180785, 1201967]; ANID; CONICYTPAI [77190080]; ANID-PIA-Anillo INACH [ACT192057, ANIDFONDECYT-11200101]; Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) KAKENHI wos 8 15