Tropical Country Suffers Unprecedented Loss that Scientists Warned About Decades Ago: 'All that Is Just a Memory'

Tropical country suffers unprecedented loss that scientists warned about decades ago: 'All that is just a memory'

The evidence of rising global temperatures is all around us. In Mérida, Venezuela, a city once known for icy snow, the last remaining glacier has shrunk to the size of what scientists call an ice field — making Venezuela, as of 2023, the first country to lose all of its glaciers.  What's happening? According to Mongabay, Sierra Nevada de Mérida National Park was once home to over 10 notable glaciers, though their sizes began to decrease in the 1…