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World's Largest Tropical Glacier Vanishing

Posted by Zonk on from the no-rest-for-the-chilly dept.

Socguy wrote with a link to a CBC article about the rapidly disappearing Peruvian glacier known as the Quelccaya ice cap. The world's largest tropical glacier was a hot topic this past Thursday at the meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Glaciologist Lonnie Thompson, and a team of Ohio state scientists, produced the stunning news that Quelccaya and similar formations are melting at a rate of some 60 metres per year. While polar ice caps have commanded attention in the discussion of global warming to date, these tropical caps are crucial to the well-being of ecosystems relying on an influx of mountain stream fresh water.

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  1. In Soviet Russia... by TibbonZero · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    glaciers melt you.

    Hmm, actually no... nothing melts.

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  2. Re:What isn't being said? by hxnwix · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    "But there are also glaciers nearby that are advancing instead of receding. That isn't being reported." : "There are good things happening in Iraq; they just aren't being reported." :: bullshit : bullshit

  3. Re:When will the denials stop? by renegadesx · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Show yourself you Anonymous Coward so God can smite you, he did not create the earth 6000 years ago, it was 5993 years ago!!!

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