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Threats to Water Supplies in the Tropical Andes

Raymond S. Bradley, Mathias Vuille, Henry F. Díaz, Walter Vergara

Science · 2006 · 708 citations · 9 references

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Climate models predict that greenhouse warming will cause temperatures to rise faster at higher than at lower altitudes. In the tropical Andes, glaciers may soon disappear, with potentially grave consequences for water supplies.

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Nebojša Nakićenović, Joseph Alcamo, Gerald F. Davis et al. · eScholarship (California Digital Library) · 2000 · 3.4K citations · Full text

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20th Century Climate Change in the Tropical Andes: Observations and Model Results

Mathias Vuille, Raymond S. Bradley, Martin Werner et al. · Climatic Change · 2003 · 275 citations

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Tropical climate change recorded by a glacier in the central Andes during the last decades of the twentieth century: Chacaltaya, Bolivia, 16°S

Bernard Francou, Mathias Vuille, Patrick Wagnon et al. · Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres · 2003 · 249 citations · Full text

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New evidence for an ENSO impact on low‐latitude glaciers: Antizana 15, Andes of Ecuador, 0°28′S

Bernard Francou, Mathias Vuille, Vincent Favier et al. · Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres · 2004 · 185 citations

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Projected temperature changes along the American cordillera and the planned GCOS network

Raymond S. Bradley, Frank T. Keimig, Henry F. Díaz · Geophysical Research Letters · 2004 · 181 citations · Full text

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