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Environment & Energy

struggle4progress

(118,293 posts) Thu Jan 24, 2013, 01:43 PM Jan 2013

Massive melting of Andes glaciers

23 January 2013 Last updated at 06:50 ET

Glaciers in the tropical Andes have shrunk by 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 The Cryosphere ...

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

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Massive melting of Andes glaciers (Original Post) struggle4progress Jan 2013 OP

OKIsItJustMe

(19,938 posts)

Thu Jan 24, 2013, 03:06 PM

Jan 2013

http://www.democraticunderground.com/112733999

struggle4progress

(118,293 posts)

2. Thanks. Missed that.

Reply to OKIsItJustMe (Reply #1)

Thu Jan 24, 2013, 05:17 PM

Jan 2013

OKIsItJustMe

(19,938 posts)

3. Quite alright

Reply to struggle4progress (Reply #2)

Thu Jan 24, 2013, 05:30 PM

Jan 2013

I’m just pointing people to the press release.

I prefer to read the original paper when possible. (Which is why I generally try to include a link to it.)
Next best is the press release (which is generally based on the original paper, but may be easier to read, and is typically freely available, which the article may not be.)
News stories are typically based on the press release.

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