MapBiomas: Study Reveals that Chile Lost 344,000 Hectares of Glaciers in 28 Years
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The study prepared by MapBiomas Agua from satellite images between 1998 and 2025 shows that the glacier surface of the country recorded a loss equivalent to 21 times the area of Rapa Nui. The Ñuble region, with a 91% decline, is the most affected in the country. In addition, Chile has lost almost 40,000 hectares of surface water since the beginning of the mega-drying. The study corresponds to the first collection of MapBiomas Agua Chile dedicate…
The study of MapBiomas Agua was prepared, based on satellite images captured between 1998 and 2025, by specialists from the University of Chile - through the Faculty of Forest Sciences and Nature Conservation-, the University of Concepción and the University of La Frontera. Its results show that the country [...] The post MapBiomas: Study reveals that Chile lost 344,000 hectares of glaciers in 28 years appeared first on Radio Nuevo Mundo.
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