Unlocking the Past: Historic Images Reveal 80 Years of Glacier Change in the Andes

A GEO Mountains Small Grant is helping researchers unlock a remarkable archive of historical aerial photographs, providing new insights into how glaciers in the Chilean Andes have changed over the…

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On 29 May 2026 GEO Mountains convened its first General Meeting of the year at the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) in Geneva and online, bringing together members and partner organisations...
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New research supported by a GEO Mountains Small Grant is shedding light on an overlooked consequence of glacier retreat in the Peruvian Andes: worsening water quality and its impacts on...
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At the GEO Symposium in Geneva, GEO Mountains and WOCAT convened a community event exploring the specific challenges of monitoring land degradation and restoration across mountain regions. Organised through the...
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From 20–22 April 2026, the Mountain Research Initiative (MRI) participated in the Second Mountains Connect Inter-regional Workshop in Thimphu, Bhutan, bringing together over 50 representatives from mountain regions across the...
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New research supported by a GEO Mountains Small Grant is helping scientists better understand how glaciers in Peru’s Cordillera Blanca are changing – and what this means for water resources,...
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The MEaSUREs Greenland Ice Mapping Project (GIMP) Land Ice and Ocean Classification Mask, Version 1 dataset, available at the NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center...