Charquini glacier removal provides water to high andean peatlands
The presence of water provided by the melt of the glacier at 4600 m a.s.l. in the Bolivian altiplano allows peculiar peat forming ecosystem to grow even higher. This altitudinal gradient of glacier removal draws a model to study the altitudinal migration of ecosystems under climate change.
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2.0 MB
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2736 px
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3648 px
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3:4
Brand
Nikon
Model
COOLPIX S3600
Exposure
5 mm f/11.3 1/200 s ISO 80
Taken
7 September 2017
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White
Submitted
12 February 2018
Credit
Manon Bounous (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)
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