CHILE
Rl Campo de Hielo Sur en Patagonia se parte en dos
May 24, 2019 - El Campo de Hielo Sur, de 12.000km², en la Patagonia chilena se partió en dos podría seguir fracturándose debido el cambio climático, según científicos
Gino Casassa, chief of the Snow and Glacier Division of Chile's DGA water authority, told Reuters increasing temperatures along the Andes Mountains in southern Chile and Argentina have meant less snow and ice to replenish the region's abundant glaciers.
The chunk of ice that split off from the main glacier was estimated at 208 square kilometres, a relatively small part of the ice field.
Scientists fear that such ruptures are becoming more frequent as increasing temperatures along Andes Mountains means less snow and ice to replenish glaciers.
- Chiles Southern Patagonia Ice Field ruptured by climate change: scientists (Reuters)
- Campo de Hielo Sur se fractura (El Mercurio)
- https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/patagonia-ice-field-split-climate-change-1.5147759 (CBC)
- Fractura en Campos de Hielo Sur separa un área de 208 km2 de glaciares (Glaciares Chilenos)
- Fractura en Campos de Hielo Sur (El Mercurio)