Impact of global climate change on glaciers and permafrost on South America, with emphasis in Patagonia, Tierra del Fuego and the Antarctic Peninsula

• Main Author: Rabassa, Jorge Oscar
• Format: Book Part
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier
• Subjects: Mountain Glaciers; Patagonia; Global Change; South America; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.5; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Austral; Argentina; Cruiser; Antarc*; Ice; Iceberg*; permafrost; Tierra del Fuego
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11336/234181

Some of the most important consequences of global climate change (GCC) are rising mean annual or seasonal temperature, rising or diminishing precipitation at the regional level, rising global sea level, and increasing frequency of extreme meteorological events. The impact of these changes has been o...