US EditionScientists thought this Argentine glacier was stable. Now they say it’s melting fast
ARGENTINE PATAGONIA, AUG 7 – The glacier’s retreat has accelerated 16-fold since 2019 after detaching from its stabilizing ridge, risking several kilometers of loss and impacting regional tourism and economy.
- An iconic Argentinian glacier, long thought stable, is now undergoing its "most substantial retreat in the past century."
- The glacier's retreat is a "delayed response to climate change" after over a decade of instability, according to study author Moritz Koch.
- The researchers conducted extensive field work, using radar, sonar, and satellite data to measure the glacier's ice thickness and retreat.
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An Iconic Glacier Has Begun a Retreat
An iconic Argentine glacier, long thought one of the few on Earth to be relatively stable, is now undergoing its "most substantial retreat in the past century," according to new research. The Perito Moreno Glacier in the Southern Patagonian Ice Field for decades has been wedged securely in a valley....
For decades, while many of the world’s other large ice masses melt and become extinct, Argentina’s Perito Moreno glacier has excelled as an atypical case. The powerful front of the glacier was lengthening and shortening, but not much; at least not for glacial standards. Its surface didn’t get too thin. In fact, it might even have thickened a bit. All of that seems to be changing. Perito Moreno has been thinning at a very fast pace since 2019, sc…
The iconic Perito Moreno glacier in Argentina, often described as one of the most stable glaciers in Patagonia, is retreating much faster than was thought.
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