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Taking the pulse of a shrinking glacier

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Scientists in Chile hike over plains of snow to recover valuable data.

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  1. Glasser, N. et al. Nature Geoscience 4 303-307 (2011).

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  1. Patricio Segura Ortiz
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Segura Ortiz, P. Taking the pulse of a shrinking glacier. Nature (2011). https://doi.org/10.1038/nature.2011.9713

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