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- proper noun proper name a mountain in Peru, 22,205 feet high.
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Ice cores from Huascaran in Peru and Nevado Sajama in Bolivia show that those peaks have been continuously ice-covered for 25,000 years, yet the glaciers in that area are threatened aswell.
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Huascaran is the second highest park in the South American Andes and is at the center of the highest tropical mountain range in the world.
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If there is inconsistency between Quelccaya and Huascaran, this may point to problems with the proxy as opposed to climate interpretations.
Swindle and the IPCC TAR Spaghetti Graph « Climate Audit 2007
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I request that you ensure that Thompson et al comply with your data policy by forthwith archiving the large datasets used in the PNAS article for each individual ice core Dunde, Dasuopu, Guliya, Puruoganri, Quelccaya, Sajama, Huascaran and for the entire suite of isotopes and chemistry.
Cicerone of NAS Acquiesces in Data Obstruction « Climate Audit 2007
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Thompson et al 2006 describe results from ice cores drilled at Dunde, Guliya, Dasuopu, Puruogangri, Quelccaya, Huascaran and Sajama.
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While the Quelccaya glacier in the Andes arguably seems to show warm periods, the Huascaran glacier does not.
Swindle and the IPCC TAR Spaghetti Graph « Climate Audit 2007
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The highest peak of the ecoregion is Nevado Huascaran (6,745 m) in Peru.
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Thompson et al 2006 describe results from ice cores drilled at Dunde, Guliya, Dasuopu, Puruogangri, Quelccaya, Huascaran and Sajama.
Cicerone of NAS Acquiesces in Data Obstruction « Climate Audit 2007
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This Park contains the highest peak of Peru Huascaran (3,745 m), other 26 snow-capped peaks above 6,000 m, 663 glaciers, 296 lakes and 41 rivers that discharge into the Santa, Pativilca, and Marañon watersheds.
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I request that you ensure that Thompson et al comply with your data policy by forthwith archiving the large datasets used in the PNAS article for each individual ice core Dunde, Dasuopu, Guliya, Puruoganri, Quelccaya, Sajama, Huascaran and for the entire suite of isotopes and chemistry.
Cicerone of NAS Acquiesces in Data Obstruction « Climate Audit 2007
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