Patagonian Glaciers Losing 10 Cubic Miles Of Ice Per Year

[hatrack]

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"While the two European adventurers became the first to cross the icefields unaided on Oct. 16, a day later the glaciers made news of their own: A study published Oct. 17 in the journal Science found that the Patagonian glaciers melted at twice the rate in 1995-2000 - when compared with measurements from 1975 to 2000.

Three top scientists used maps, satellite imagery and digital elevation models to measure the change in velocity of 63 Patagonian glaciers over 25 years.

They found the glaciers are losing the equivalent of 10 cubic miles of ice every year - enough to raise the world's sea level an estimated four-one thousandths of an inch.

The shrinking is reflective of rising global temperatures, scientists say, and is happening to glaciers around the world. As the melting causes sea levels to rise and freshwater supplies to disappear, scientists warn of potential worldwide economic and environmental disaster if the process isn't reversed."

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Seattle P-I

[donsu]

1. since no reversal is going on or even planned...............

hello disaster

[GreenGreenLimaBean]

2. just tell me where the new beaches will be,

so I can get a jump on the ocean front crowd.