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Glaciers in Chile 'melt at fastest rate in 350 years'
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Monday April 04, 2011 13:51 by Namor
More evidence of a rapid increase in ice melt: Studies showed glaciers have lost volume on average "10 to 100 times faster" in the last 30 years. Full text at url below. San Rafael Glacier in Patagonia, one of the 270 glaciers included in this study, has retreated about 8km since the peak of the 'Little Ice Age' The new research was published in the journal Nature Geoscience on Sunday. Their survey centred on remotely sensed images of outlet glaciers of the south and north Patagonian icefields, but used longer timescales than previous studies. The glaciers straddle the Andes, on the border between Chile and Argentina.
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Jump To Comment: 1 2The link provided by the author is to the BBC News story and not to the original article in Nature Geoscience Magazine. The BBC, like this contributor, has left out one crucial point which does not suit their agenda.
http://www.nature.com/ngeo/journal/vaop/ncurrent/full/n....html
"However, it is unclear whether recent rates of glacier recession in Patagonia are unusual relative to the past few centuries."
i.e. past centuries when there was no manmade global-warming/ climate-change/ sky-is-falling ...
Full article at url below.
Climate Change: A Warning From The Past
By Dr Andrew Glikson
The current rate of greenhouse gas rise is unprecedented in Earth history, excepting global volcanic events and asteroid impacts. The rise of atmospheric energy levels since the 18th century by 3.2 Watt/m2, masked in part by aerosols, leads the climate to over 2 degrees C temperature rise and meters-scale sea level rise.
http://www.countercurrents.org/glikson050411.pdf