Browsing by Author "Beriain, E."

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    Assessment of physical weathering in bedrock areas at the Trinity Peninsula, Antarctica: Towards a classification of the current weathering grade in polar areas
    (2022) Ruiz-Pereira, S.; Beriain, E.; Cabre, A.; Cid-Aguero, P.
    The Antarctic Peninsula is one of the world's most rapidly warming regions; over the last hundred years, glaciers have retreated, exposing new rocky areas to physical weathering. In its northernmost part, the Trinity Peninsula, physical weathering processes on exposed bedrock between west and east coasts may not be at the same weathering stage as surface temperature conditions are assumed historically different.
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    Permafrost evolution in a mountain catchment near Santiago de Chile
    (2021) Ruiz Pereira, S.; Marquardt, C.; Beriain, E.; Lambert, F.
    The Chilean Central Andes near Santiago are a semi-arid region with substantial frozen water reserves in their high altitude cryosphere. Millions of people depend on the Andean cryosphere for freshwater supply. Over the last sixty years, global warming has altered the mountains' water balance, as the temperature rose, precipitation decreased, and deglacierization exposed hundreds of square kilometers. The distribution of solid water stored in soil permafrost and the potential effects of climate change on it are unknown.