Scientists 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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Perito Moreno became the world’s first superstar glacier – but now it’s set to disappear
Glaciar Perito Moreno was once considered a rarity: one of Patagonia’s only stable glaciers. But scientists have found the glacier is now in sudden and probably irreversible retreat – and this collapse is a warning for the world’s remaining ice. Perito Moreno is unusually accessible for such a large and spectacular glacier, with nearly 700,000 visitors a year. Fed by abundant snowfall high up in the Andes, the glacier descends through beech fore…
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