Catastrophic Climate change very evident for travellers to Argentina
From The Canadian, Catastrophic Climate change very evident for travellers to Argentina.
Global warming is a subject that is never far from the news, and yet there are very few places on the planet where evidence of climate change can be so clearly seen as in the ice fields of the south Andies in Argentina and Chile. The Perito Moreno glacier in southern Argentina is a particularly beautiful and arguably typical example. Until recently this ancient frozen leviathan was still advancing, one of only three in the world to do so. Now, things have changed, as we discovered when we visited the area.
The article describes a first person account of the collapse of this particular glacier and, ironically enough, discusses how to get there and see it yourself. There is, alas, no discussion of how travelling there to see it is actually part of the problem. This is a shame. Evidence of climate chaos abounds, one need not travel to the ends of the earth to witness Spring blizzards and Autumn heatwaves. — DS
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