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Conference
 MERCOSUR GROUP

María Kavanagh Republic of Argentina

Pery Saraiva Neto Federative Republic of Brazil
Ricardo Peralta Larrain Republic of Chile
Miryam Aragón Espejo Republic of Peru
Roxana Corbran Oriental Republic of Uruguay

General Coordination María Kavanagh

 GLACIER RETREAT
TOPICALES OF THE REPUBLIC
OF PERU
• They occupy 2042 km2
They represent 77% of the
world's tropical glaciares

A total of 56.5 stored ice Km3

• Are additional reservoirs Water
Resources
Energy Eléctric
• The total supericie glaciers in
Peru decreased to 22% in the last
20 years
• 2015/2020 All glaciers stopped
the 5000 meters will disappear
by effect of the deglaciation
 Reports of Disasters in Glacier
Cordillera Blanca in Peru

• 1702 - Flooding of the city of Huaraz

• 1725 - Earthquake causes avalachas ice
breaking gunas. 1500 people missing
• 1869 - Slip and alluvium of Lake Tambillo.
Several people missing
• 1938 - Rupture of the lagoon Concuchos
Magistral. Destruction of 32 houses and 13
bridges
• 1941- Rupture of Lagus Ayhuiñaraju and Carhuacocha.
Destruction of the people
• 1962 - Huascaran glacier barrage. Destruction
of 9 small towns
• 1970 - Avalanche of rock, ice from the glacier
Huascaran. It happened after the earthquake,
measuring 7.9 Richter Scale. 18,600 buildings
destroyed, 70,000 killed, 50,000 wounded
Progressive deglaciation
 Huascaran Glacier
6768 meters of altitude, is more alt summit of Peru
Flurry of Huascaran glacier in 1941
Coropuma Glacier
6425 meters of altitude
Alpamayo Glacier
5947 meters of altitude
Alpamayo glacier retreat in 1997
Alpamayo glacier retreat in 2000
Alpamayo glacier retreat in 2002
Glacier ALPAMAYO
ORIGIN OF THE AVALANCHE in 1951 that
produced the flood of JANKARURISH LAGUNA
 Snowy Pisco
5747 meters of altitude
 Receding glaciers
areas

SNOWY PATRON MINA

RAURA
1977 / 1997
Lagoon Lacococha in the moutains Raura
 Mitigation

• Catastrophic Events
- Decreased volumes of gaps

- Engineering procedures

- Cuts or gashes on natural levees

- Tunnels for underwater connections

SAFETY WORKS
• Lower the water mirror
• BUILD A WORK SAFETY
 Mitigation
• Deglaciation

NGOs Glaciers of Peru

Mission to increase the size of the cryosphere
Method: apply in a mountain area coverage
determinadade high capacity to repel the
shortwave solar radiation.
Immediately start the cooling process
Low temperature creates conditions conducive
to snowfall

Growing local cryosphere

A more reflective superficier lower glacier

mass loss
 Glaciological Station
Glacier Monitoring against Climate Change
Thanks AIDA LONDON