This fourth meeting is a continuation of the Webinar that began last Thursday, June 6, and which takes place every first Thursday of each month, until November, on the faculty’s YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/@facultaddefilosofiayletras
Name
Webinar “Mountain Geography: dynamics of the Andean environment in the context of climate change”
Days, dates, and times
The first Thursday of every month, between June and November
Lecture on September 5, 2024: “Territory and Resources: Water contributions from glaciers in the central Andes and threats in the context of global change”, by Dr. Sebastián Crespo (IANIGLA-CONICET).
Note: Upcoming talks and speakers will be announced as the schedule progresses.
Recipients
Academic community and general public interested in the subject
Tariff
Free and open-ended activity
General information
In the context of new environmental normalities resulting from global climate change, this series of talks was proposed – online, mediated by a videoconferencing platform – in order to highlight the current environmental context and changing trends that lead inexorably to a path of planning and new ways of approaching the territory.
Through a cycle of 6 meetings, one on the last Thursday of each month, between June and November, national specialists are invited to take part in the cycle as exhibitors.
At this fourth meeting, Sebastián Andrés Crespo, a researcher at IANIGLA-CONICET, with a PhD in Applied Sciences, a PhD candidate in Social Sciences and an agricultural engineer, will speak. Using isotopic determinations, he analyzes the water contribution of glacial and periglacial environments in the central Andes of Argentina and Chile. He is currently conducting research related to water security and the social relevance of the periglacial contribution in the face of global change scenarios in the Putaendo Valley, Chile. He is also finalizing the isotopic characterization of the first complete local meteoric water line from precipitation in the central Andes and beginning the analysis of the transfer of isotopic signals from drinking water to hair, both in humans and animals.
He advised on the process of the Chilean Glacier Law as a representative of the scientific sector, on the statute (875) on cryosphere and glaciers of the first constitutional reform process in Chile in 2022 and on the bill that modifies the Chilean water code to prevent the establishment of private rights to use water on glaciers (No. 11,597-12).
He was a member of the Cryosphere group at COP25, a founding member of the Panel of Independent Researchers in Cryosphere Sciences (PIIC2) of Chile, a member of the provincial environmental council of Mendoza (2009-13) and of the Regional Committee on Climate Change (CORECC) of the Valparaíso region, Chile (2017-21). From 2018 to 2022 he was a researcher at the Center for Climate Science and Resilience (CR)2 and the Climate Action Center-PUCV, Chile (2020-22).
These activities are broadcast on the faculty’s YouTube channel (www.youtube.com/@facultaddefilosofiayletras). Those interested in participating in the different meetings may do so by accessing the platform on the stipulated days and times.
Remember: You do not need to pre-register to participate!
IT IS AN ACTIVITY OPEN TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC
For more information, please contact the following email address: [email protected]
