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Argentina
2026

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Earth Science

D-Index
40
Citations
7581
World Ranking
5731
National Ranking
8

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Earth Science in Argentina Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Earth Science in Argentina Leader Award

Overview

Pedro Skvarca is affiliated with the Argentine Antarctic Institute in Argentina. Their research focuses primarily on Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science. Within these broader fields, they contribute extensively to Atmospheric Science, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, Water Science and Technology, and Global and Planetary Change.

The scientist's main research topics include cryospheric studies and observations, climate change and permafrost, winter sports injuries and performance, Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics, geology and paleoclimatology research, landslides and related hazards, and hydrology and watershed management studies.

Pedro Skvarca has published recent papers in several reputable venues, including:

  • Frontal ablation and mass loss of the Patagonian icefields, 2021, Earth and Planetary Science Letters
  • Effects of topography on dynamics and mass loss of lake-terminating glaciers in southern Patagonia, 2023, Journal of Glaciology
  • Climate and Surface Mass Balance at Glaciar Perito Moreno, Southern Patagonia, 2022, Journal of Climate
  • The foundations of the Patagonian icefields, 2024, Communications Earth & Environment
  • Transient ice loss in the Patagonia Icefields during the 2015-2016 El Niño event, 2022, Scientific Reports

Frequent publication venues for Skvarca also include Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) with six publications, Journal of Glaciology with two publications, Communications Earth & Environment with two publications, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, and Journal of Climate.

The scientist frequently collaborates with other researchers in their field. Notable co-authors include:

  • Masahiro Minowa
  • Marius Schaefer
  • Shin Sugiyama
  • Koji Fujita
  • Johannes J. Fürst

Best Publications

  • Glacier acceleration and thinning after ice shelf collapse in the Larsen B embayment, Antarctica

    T. A. Scambos;J. A. Bohlander;C. A. Shuman;P. Skvarca

  • Rapid Collapse of Northern Larsen Ice Shelf, Antarctica

    Helmut Rott;Pedro Skvarca;Thomas Nagler

  • Glacier Surge After Ice Shelf Collapse

    Hernán De Angelis;Pedro Skvarca

  • Breakup and conditions for stability of the northern Larsen Ice Shelf, Antarctica

    C. S. M. Doake;H. F. J. Corr;H. Rott;P. Skvarca

  • Larsen Ice Shelf Has Progressively Thinned

    Andrew Shepherd;Duncan Wingham;Tony Payne;Pedro Skvarca

  • The use of satellite and airborne imagery to inventory outlet glaciers of the Southern Patagonia Icefield, South America

    M Aniya;H Sato;R Naruse;P Skvarca

  • Northern Larsen Ice Shelf, Antarctica: further retreat after collapse

    Helmut Rott;Wolfgang Rack;Pedro Skvarca;Hernán De Angelis

  • Constraining glacier elevation and mass changes in South America

    Matthias H. Braun;Philipp Malz;Christian Sommer;David Farías-Barahona

  • Recent Glacier Variations in the Southern Patagonia Icefield, South America

    Masamu Aniya;Hiroaki Sato;Renji Naruse;Pedro Skvarca

  • Foehn winds link climate-driven warming to ice shelf evolution in Antarctica

    Mattias R. Cape;Mattias R. Cape;Maria Vernet;Pedro Skvarca;Sebastian Marinsek

  • Mass fluxes and dynamics of Moreno Glacier, Southern Patagonia Icefield

    Helmut Rott;Martin Stuefer;Andreas Siegel;Pedro Skvarca

  • Climatically induced retreat and collapse of northern Larsen Ice Shelf, Antarctic Peninsula

    Helmut Rott;Wolfgang Rack;Thomas Nagler;Pedro Skvarca

  • Climatic trend and the retreat and disintegration of ice shelves on the Antarctic Peninsula: an overview

    Pedro Skvarca;Wolfgang Rack;Helmut Rott;Teresa Ibarzábal Donángelo

  • Marine ice in Larsen Ice Shelf

    Paul R. Holland;Hugh F. J. Corr;David G. Vaughan;Adrian Jenkins

  • Evidence of recent climatic warming on the eastern Antarctic Peninsula

    Pedro Skvarca;Wolfgang Rack;Helmut Rott;Teresa Ibarzábal Y Donángelo

  • Elevation and Mass Changes of the Southern Patagonia Icefield Derived from TanDEM-X and SRTM Data

    Philipp Malz;Wolfgang Meier;Gino Casassa;Ricardo Jaña

  • Dynamic Response of Sjögren Inlet Glaciers, Antarctic Peninsula, to Ice Shelf Breakup Derived from Multi-Mission Remote Sensing Time Series

    Thorsten Seehaus;Sebastián Marinsek;Sebastián Marinsek;Pedro Skvarca;Jan Melchior van Wessem

  • Ice speed of a calving glacier modulated by small fluctuations in basal water pressure

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  • Glaciar Perito Moreno, Patagonia: climate sensitivities and glacier characteristics preceding the 2003/04 and 2005/06 damming events

    Martin Stuefer;Helmut Rott;Pedro Skvarca

  • Calving and ice-shelf break-up processes investigated by proxy: Antarctic tabular iceberg evolution during northward drift

    T. Scambos;R. Ross;R. Bauer;Y. Yermolin

  • Fast recession of the northern Larsen Ice Shelf monitored by space images

    Pedro Skvarca

  • Climatically Induced Retreat and Collapse of Northern Larsen Ice Shelf

    H. Rott;Wolfgang Rack;T. Nagler;P. Skvarca

Frequent Co-Authors

Helmut Rott
Helmut Rott University of Innsbruck
Ted A. Scambos
Ted A. Scambos University of Colorado Boulder
Gino Casassa
Gino Casassa University of Magallanes
Duncan J. Wingham
Duncan J. Wingham University College London
Veit Helm
Veit Helm Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research
Andrew Shepherd
Andrew Shepherd University of Leeds
Robert Bindschadler
Robert Bindschadler Goddard Space Flight Center
David G. Vaughan
David G. Vaughan British Antarctic Survey
Hugh F. J. Corr
Hugh F. J. Corr British Antarctic Survey
David G. Long
David G. Long Brigham Young University

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