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Looking at the scale legend on the photo, this seems like a relatively tiny glacier. What is the significance of it melting away? (I mean, obviously, the smalle
by behnamoh 2y ago
Looking at the scale legend on the photo, this seems like a relatively tiny glacier. What is the significance of it melting away? (I mean, obviously, the smaller the glacier, the easier it melts.)
- reportgunner 2y agoIt's very scary I guess.
- pimlottc 2y agoThis is just the final glacier. There's a previous article [0] linked in the piece that shows the decline of multiple glaciers in other areas since 1975. 0: https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/31169/ https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/31169/
- JoeAltmaier 2y agoBeen there for tens of thousands of years? So that means, this is as warm as it's been in that long?
- 0ne0407 2y agohttps://ipsnoticias.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Merida-2.jpg https://ipsnoticias.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Merida-2.... You are comparing a 2015 picture versus a 2024 picture. It was not a tiny glacier. The glacier you see on that picture I sent was not on Peak Humboldt, it was one of the many other glaciers that covered the Venezuelan Andes. None of them exist anymore.