17 de março de 2008

Os glaciares vão diminuindo...


Mean annual specific net balance



O gráfico retrata a evolução dos glaciares a nível mundial nas últimas décadas: "“Record Glacier Thinning Means No Time to Waste on Agreeing New International Climate Regime,” said the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) on Sunday. That statement is based on the data of the World Glacier Monitoring Service (WGMS), which “has been tracking the fate of glaciers for over a century. Continuous data series of annual mass balance, expressed as thickness change, are available for 30 reference glaciers since 1980."






Informação do blogue Climate Progress, em Record global glacial melt.



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