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GOOD BYE TO ANDEAN HIGHEST GLACIER |
GLOBAL WARMING MELTS ANDEAN GLACIERS
Thu Jun 7, 2007 6:36PM BST
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By Monica Machicao and Eduardo Garcia
CHACALTAYA, Bolivia (Reuters) - Global warming will melt most Andean
glaciers in the next 30 years, scientists say, threatening the
livelihood of millions of people who depend on them for drinking
water, farming and power generation.
Small glaciers are scattered across the Andes and have for long been
a
crucial source of fresh water in Bolivia, Ecuador and Peru, thawing
in
summer months and replenishing themselves in winter. But global
warming has driven them into retreat.
The glacier on Bolivia's Chacaltaya mountain -- which means "cold
road" in the local Aymara language -- used to be the world's highest
ski resort at 18,000 feet (5,500 metres) above sea level.
But the glacier is now only 10 feet (3 metres) thick on average, down
from 49 feet (15 metres) in 1998, and glaciologist Edson Ramirez says
it will disappear this year or next.
"This is a process that unfortunately is now irreversible," he said,
adding that industrialized nations are doing too little and too late
to slash carbon dioxide emissions.
"Even if they were to take measures now, it will take many, many
years
to replenish these glaciers, because unfortunately the damage has
already been done," he said. "Most of these glaciers are similar to
the Chacaltaya and that makes us think that those small glaciers
could
disappear in 20, 30 years."
Over 2 million people in the La Paz region depend heavily on the
thawing of Chacaltaya and neighbouring glaciers for tap water and,
indirectly, for electricity supplies.
"At least 35 percent of the drinking water comes from melting
glaciers, and about 40 percent of the electricity," said Oscar Paz,
the head of the Bolivian Climate Change Panel, a government task
force. Continued...
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| Title: Re: GOOD BYE TO ANDEAN HIGHEST GLACIER |
08 Jun 2007 08:21:11 PM |
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On 8 juin, 03:37, wrote:
GLOBAL WARMING MELTS ANDEAN GLACIERS
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