Massive melting of Andes glaciers

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-21163386


The tropical glaciers are melting at their fastest rate in 300 years

Glaciers in the tropical Andes have shrunk by an average of 30-50% since the 1970s, according to a study.

The glaciers, which provide fresh water for tens of millions in South America, are retreating at their fastest rate in the past 300 years.

The study included data on about half of all Andean glaciers and blamed the melting on an average temperature rise of 0.7C from 1950-1994.

Details appear in the academic journal Cryosphere.

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1. This is news that hurts.

We should be prepared to hear more of this type of thing as the world begins to understand the NEW measure of wealth...water.

Bush family purchased 98,842-acre farm in northern Paraguay. It sits on the world's largest aquifer. This was 4 years ago.