The former glacier of Chacaltaya was anihilated by a combination of several factors which include a raise in temperatures, direct and idirect effects of both local and regional pollution... and more to be investigated.
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The students of the LAC School on Aerosols visited the Chacaltaya GAW station. The station and the landscape were great, but riding back to the city was even more!
We deeply thank Antoine Deprez-Segobia for the gracious footage! In spite of cold and altitude, the 16 lecturers and 36 young scientists attending the school enjoyed a week of discussions about black carbon and related topics. Students from Argentina, Bolivia, Brasil, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, El Salvador, France, Peru, Puerto Rico and Venezuela benefited from the high-level lectures offered. This LAC growing community of young scientists in atmospheric sciences is a promise for research in the Americas! The organizing committee thanks heartfully the lecturers for their fantastic contribution to the success of the school and the sponsors - OSUG, Maggee Sc., Sunlab, IGAC, IAI - for the support. 
 With the participation of a growing number of scientists, the 4th Steering Committee meeting was held in Mallasa, La Paz (Bolivia) the 20th and 21st June 2015. This year, the discussions about the findings went in depth. Besides, the annual maintenance of most of the instruments took place at the station.
The deadline for registration has been extended to 30th April. The notification of the financial support decision will take place on 6th May. Go to the LAC Aerosols Measurements School webpage.
Save the date! Latin America and Caribbean young scientists and graduate students who are close to finishing their MS or PhDs are invited to apply for the LACAM School 2015. The main goal of the course is to improve the knowledge and skills in issues related to atmospheric measurements focusing on aerosols and black carbon.  Members of the Chacaltaya GAW station will be participating at the "13th Quadrennial Symposium of the International
Commission on Atmospheric Chemistry and Global Pollution, ICACGP" organized jointly with the "13Th Science Conference Of The International Global Atmospheric Chemistry Project, IGAC". During the conference (Natal, Brazil September 22-26) our staff will present the following: Poster Presentations
The third version of the Steering Committee Meeting will was held in La Paz on June 23rd and 24th. Along with the meeting, other activities were carried on in Chaclataya, which included mainly the maintenance of the equipment and the installation of new instruments to be disclosed soon. The second meeting from the PISAC team was held in La Paz between June 17th and June 20th. A visit to the Chacaltaya GAW station was also programmed.
More information about the PISAC initiative at: http://www.mce2.org/activities/pisac |
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