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https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-22-5445-2018
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Recent evolution and associated hydrological dynamics of a vanishing tropical Andean glacier: Glaciar de Conejeras, Colombia
Department of Geography. University of the Balearic Islands. Palma, Spain
Jorge Luis Ceballos
Instituto de Hidrología, Meteorología y Estudios Ambientales
(IDEAM), Bogotá, Colombia
Katherine Peña
Instituto de Hidrología, Meteorología y Estudios Ambientales
(IDEAM), Bogotá, Colombia
Jorge Lorenzo-Lacruz
Department of Geography. University of the Balearic Islands. Palma, Spain
Juan Ignacio López-Moreno
Pyrenean Institute of Ecology. Consejo Superior de Investigaciones
Científicas, Zaragoza, Spain
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- The end of the eternal snows: Integrative mapping of 100 years of glacier retreat in the Venezuelan Andes N. Ramírez et al. https://doi.org/10.1080/15230430.2020.1822728
- Salinity and geochemical proxy responses to volcanism in small rift lakes: Insights from the Lower Cretaceous Erlian Basin W. Si et al. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemgeo.2026.123242
- Changes of streamflow regulation in an Andean watershed with shrinking glaciers: implications for water security E. Cepeda Arias et al. https://doi.org/10.1080/02626667.2022.2105650
- Water resources challenges in Colombia: hydrological science solutions for a sustainable future L. Morales-Marín et al. https://doi.org/10.1080/02626667.2026.2631143
- Climate Variability and Glacier Evolution at Selected Sites Across the World: Past Trends and Future Projections A. Al‐Yaari et al. https://doi.org/10.1029/2023EF003618
- Comparing model complexity for glacio-hydrological simulation in the data-scarce Peruvian Andes R. Muñoz et al. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejrh.2021.100932
- ENSO and Light-Absorbing Impurities and Their Impact on Snow Albedo in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Colombia T. Bolaño-Ortiz et al. https://doi.org/10.3390/geosciences10110437
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Short summary
We studied the recent evolution of a small glacier in the Colombian Andes that is close to extinction, focusing on the water release from the glacier. For this we used hydro-climatological data collected at the the glacier surroundings at an hourly resolution. Our results indicate that water from glacier melt increased as a consequence of accelerated glacier retreat, but up to a certain point (mid-2016) it started to decrease, with glacier melt becoming decreasingly important.
We studied the recent evolution of a small glacier in the Colombian Andes that is close to...