Venezuela’s last remaining glacier will be completely gone within the next 10 to 20 years. Until as recently as 1991, five glaciers were found in the Sierra Nevada de Mérida mountain range in Venezuela. As climate change has accelerated, so too has the meltdown. Named for the nearby Pico Humboldt, Venezuela’s second highest peak at over 16,000 feet, the Humboldt Glacier is one-tenth of the size it was three decades ago. Scientists hope to study the glacial disappearing act so as to learn more about what other communities might expect in a warming world. “This is a tragedy that should be highlighted as one more consequence of irresponsible behavior in energy-intense economies,” said Walter Vergara, a forest and climate specialist at Global Restoration Initiative in Latin America, according to GlacierHub. Unfortunately, Venezuela’s current political and economic crises make an international scientific study very difficult.
Topics: mérida pico vergara global restoration initiative latin america westfield state university massachusetts gps related fridays venezuela s minister environment ramón velásquez-araguayán Ángel g muñoz international research institute climate society columbia university princeton university glaicerhub images wikimedia serge saint/flickr venezuela humboldt glacierhub venezuela remaining glacier country difficult data years change glaciers team economic scientist political study studied crises scientists
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