Alfonso Fernández

Estupas de hielo: Majestuosas estructuras importadas desde las cumbres del Himalaya al desierto de Chile | Ladera Sur Las estupas de hielo son un ejemplo fascinante de cómo la innovación tecnológica puede responder a los desafíos del cambio climático y la escasez de recursos hídricos en regiones vulnerables. Desde su...

A nice article on stupas in Chile: laderasur.com/articulo/est...

To celebrate this first ever World Day of the Glacier, and to highlight the role of climate change in shrinking the glaciers of the Andes, we are delighted to produce a first Deplete and Retreat Policy Brief on the future of the Andean water towers. www.antarcticglaciers.org/2025/03/poli...

Send materials to alfernandez@udec.cl with the subject "Application for postdoctoral position"
*Information for Foreign Applicants*
--Applicants who are not Chilean citizens are welcome. Please contact us for guidance on the work visa process.

*Application Process*
--Send CV (without photo) and cover letter (1 page, English or Spanish) before April 5, 2025.
--The selection process includes:
----Review of qualifications by a selection committee.
----Online interview.
----Final offer.

*Optional*
--Interest in collaborating on various additional projects involving fieldwork in the southern Chilean Andes, including the Patagonian Ice Fields.

*Requirements*
--Advanced proficiency in programming languages for climate data analysis (e.g., Python, R, CDO, or similar).
--Background in climate science, geosciences, or related fields.
Working languages: English and Spanish (Spanish proficiency is not required).

*Conditions*
--Monthly salary equivalent to the Chilean Science Agency's Postdoctoral fellowships (Agencia Nacional de Investigación y Desarrollo: s3.amazonaws.com/documentos.a... see section 7.1).
--Research support: Funds to attend conferences and small funding to develop new research ideas.

*Job Description*
--Main task: Analysis of climate dynamics using CMIP6 model outputs, with a focus on high mountain areas.
--Workplace: Department of Geography, University of Concepción.

The work will focus on the analysis of climate dynamics, comparing data from different CMIP6 experiments, mainly SSP585, SSP245, and GeoMIP (SAI, MCB, etc.) in mountain areas. This work is being carried out in collaboration with the Universidad de la Frontera in Temuco.

Duration: 12 months, ideally starting between late June and early July 2025. Application Deadline: April 5, 2025
We are seeking a motivated postdoctoral researcher to join our team at the Universidad de Concepción.

*Postdoctoral Position Announcement – Climate Dynamics and Climate Geoengineering in Mountains* Department of Geography, Mountain Hub (Alfonso Fernández) Universidad de Concepción (mountains.udec.cl), Chile

We're delighted to share the news that PLOS Climate has been accepted for indexing in Scopus and in the Web of Science Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI)!

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Faulting Styles Imprinted on Geomorphic Features: Insights from Morphometric Analysis and Paleostress Tensors in the Western Andean Front (35°S–38°S), Chile This study explores the potential of logarithmic regressions of morphometric indices—mountain front sinuosity (Smf) and valley floor width-to-height r…

How to disentangle tectonic from non-tectonic (e.g. climate & glaciations) influences on landscape evolution? Our new research paper explores morphometric methods for the analysis of faulting styles, applied to the volcanic Andes, with global implications www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Andean glaciers & SRM - Fernandez Reviewer 2 does geoengineering · Episode

Great chat about our SRM research on Reviewer 2 does geoengineering open.spotify.com/episode/2RYv...

Along the Southern Andes, most glaciers exist on isolated volcanoes. Little studied to date, our research shows they may be important water reservoirs for the region doi.org/10.1016/j.jh...

Neither climate laboratory nor knowledge vacuum: What’s at stake for the Global South in the debate around solar geoengineering research Recently, I sat in a room in Cape Town with African climate scientists, watching them present results from sophisticated models examining how solar geoengineering interventions might affect local weat...

Great piece and I agree 95%. I firmly believe that, by enabling genuine intellectual leadership from Global South researchers, we will produce innovative global-scale knowledge while working collaboratively across regions, cross-pollinating our perspectives and experiences: doi.org/10.1126/scie...

Impacto de la Gestión de la Radiación Solar sobre el balance de masa superficial de glaciares Andinos - Programa Hidroclimático Regional para los Andes Por Alfonso Fernández*/ La Gestión de la Radiación Solar (SRM por las siglas en inglés para Solar Radiation Management) es una estrategia de intervención o geoingeniería climática, destinada a mitigar...

A summary of the paper in Spanish: www.andex-rhp.org?p=4304

Un gigante que avanza en vez de retroceder: Los misterios del glaciar Pío XI en la Patagonia chilena | Ladera Sur El glaciar Pío XI, ubicado en el Campo de Hielo Sur, es el más grande de Sudamérica y uno de los pocos glaciares en el mundo que sigue avanzando en lugar de retroceder. Este fenómeno ha desconcertado ...

Did you know there are glaciers that advance amid a generalized global shrinkage of the #Mountain #Cryosphere? This fascinating complexity motivates #Geoscientists to challenge themselves to figure out how the Earth System works, #ClimateChange. laderasur.com/articulo/un-... Test your Spanish too!

YouTube video by SRM360 What is Solar Geoengineering, also known as Sunlight Reflection Methods?

What is #SRM, #sunlightreflectionmethods, #solarradiationmodification? youtu.be/Xml4aa3vQ0g?... @srm360.bsky.social thumbs up for facilitating informed decisions on #ClimateChange #GlobalWarming mitigation options

📢 SRM360.org launches 26 Nov! 📢

SRM360 is an independent knowledge hub supporting evidence-based discussion on #SunlightReflectionMethods (SRM). As climate challenges grow, we aim to bridge the gap between complex science and public understanding. #SRM #climatescience

I’ll be in my last visit to #Geography FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg under a #Humboldt Fellowship starting in January 2025, in case someone in Germany or elsewhere in Europe wants to connect and discuss #Climate #Mountains #Geoengineering #Cryosphere with #Geoscientist based on Chile

Impact of Solar Radiation Management on Andean glacier-wide surface mass balance - npj Climate and Atmospheric Science npj Climate and Atmospheric Science - Impact of Solar Radiation Management on Andean glacier-wide surface mass balance

#Climate #geoengineering and #Glaciers. Just testing a first post highlighting our latest paper that is the first to look into #SRM impacts on #Andean glacier mass balance. Our results suggest intriguing patterns of resilience that we believe deserve further research: www.nature.com/articles/s41...