Projections of the future disappearance of the Quelccaya Ice Cap in the Central Andes

• Published in: Scientific Reports
• Main Authors: Yarleque, Christian, Vuille, Mathias, Hardy, Douglas, Timm, Oliver, De la Cruz, Jorge, Ramos, Hugo, Rabatel, Antoine
• Other Authors: State University of New York (SUNY), University of Massachusetts Amherst (UMass Amherst), University of Massachusetts System (UMASS), Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina (UNALM), Institut des Géosciences de l’Environnement (IGE), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology (Grenoble INP )-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Université Grenoble Alpes 2016-2019 (UGA 2016-2019 )
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2018
• Subjects: [SDU.STU.GL]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences/Glaciology; [SDU.STU.CL]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences/Climatology; [SDE.MCG]Environmental Sciences/Global Changes; Ela; Ice cap
• Online Access: https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01901754; https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01901754/document; https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01901754/file/Yarleque2018NatureSR.pdf; https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-33698-z

International audience We analyze the future state of Quelccaya Ice Cap (QIC), the world's largest tropical ice cap with a summit elevation of 5680 m a.s.l., which, in terms of its elevation range (~5300-5680 m a.s.l.), is representative of many low-elevation glacierized sites in the tropical A...