US EditionGlobal Warming Causes Colombian Glacier to Disappear
- The Cerros de la Plaza glacier in Colombia's Sierra Nevada del Cocuy has completely disappeared due to high temperatures caused by climate change.
- Satellite images reveal the glacier steadily shrank from 2015 until it vanished in March 2026.
- The glacier's surface area decreased from five square kilometers in the 19th century to zero today, according to IDEAM.
- The Institute of Hydrology, Meteorology and Environmental Studies stated that climate change is transforming territories and affecting ecosystem balance.
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"What is at stake is not just the landscape, but the very balance of ecosystems," alarmed the Colombian Institute of Hydrology, Meteorology and Environmental Studies, considered one of the richest biodiversity countries in the world.
Once covered with ice, only the bare rock now appears: a Colombian glacier has been officially declared extinct due to the rise in temperatures caused by climate change.
A Colombian glacier has been officially declared extinct due to the rise in temperatures caused by climate change.
Where there used to be ice, there is now only rock. One of the glaciers in a chain of snow-capped mountains in the Andes Mountains of Colombia has disappeared due to high temperatures caused by climate change.
Once covered with ice, only the bare rock now appears: a Colombian glacier has been officially declared extinct due to the rise in temperatures caused by climate change.
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