13 de junho de 2009

Mais uma sobre o comportamento dos glaciares



"At some unknown moment early this year, Bolivia's 18,000-year-old Chacaltaya Glacier – once the highest ski resort on Earth –
officially vanished.

Its meltdown began in the mid-1980s. In 1998, Dr. Ramirez predicted its complete disappearance in 2015. His models were too optimistic. The rate of thaw tripled in the last 10 years due to accelerated climate change and quickened the death of the Andean glacier "
- continuar a ler Bolivia's Chacaltaya Glacier Melts to Nothing 6 Years Early SolveClimate.com. A leitura é recomendada a quem, eventualmente, possa questionar a importância deste assunto - desaparecimento dos glaciares - em particular. Mais sobre glaciares neste blogue: fazer pesquisa no motor de busca Google que encima a página com a palavra glaciares.

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