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Population in the Andean region
The Andes continue to be a major influence on seven of South America’s fourteen countries in modern times, having left their indelible mark on…
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The Andean countries in numbers
Populations within the seven Andean countries have been steadily urbanising for decades, and the total urban population now ranges from 63.9 per cent in…
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Precipitation in the Andes
Precipitation trends in the Andes are difficult to identify, due to the lack of reliable long-term observational records and the generally high variability in…
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Projection for 2061-2080
Studies looking at snow cover indicate an overall decreasing trend in the last two decades in correlation with rising temperatures. Snow loss has been…
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Precipitation seasonality in the Andes
Future rainfall predictions are difficult to estimate. However, most models predict an increase in precipitation during the wet season and a decrease during the…
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Projection for 2061-2080
Under the IPCC high emission scenario (Jiang et al. 2000) precipitation is projected to increase by 2100 along the coastal regions of Colombia and…
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Mean annual temperature in the Andes
Numerous studies have reported significant warming and a resulting glacier melting over the last decades. There is also growing evidence of altitude amplification, meaning…
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Projection for 2061-2080
Temperature predictions for the Andes using the high emission climate change scenarios (Jiang et al. 2000; IPCC, 2014) indicate that temperatures in the Andes…
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Elevation dependent warming in the Tropical Andes
Surface temperatures in the high-altitude areas of the Tropical Andes have increased of ~0.1°C per decade over the last 50 years (Vuille et al.,…
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The impact of river basin water stress and glacier melt in the Andes
Glacial meltwater plays a vital role to societies and economies across the Andean countries, for example, by providing supplies for domestic use water, including…
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Cumulative net mass balance for selected glaciers in the Andes
Glaciers are retreating in every country of the Andes. This is especially pronounced on low altitude small glaciers in the tropical Andes (Rabatel et…
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Glacier runoff and “Peak Water” for selected glacier basins in the Andes
While most glaciers around the globe have been shrinking since the end of a cold period at the beginning of the 18th Century, referred…