The Andes glaciers narrowed the record

New research by scientists who have published glaciers in the Andes region of South America has been narrowed to a record over the past 300 years.

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According to scientists in the laboratory of the glacial and environmental geophysics department (LGEG) in the city of Grenoble, France, most Andes region glaciers have shrunk from 30-50% since being followed. tracked since 1970.

The glaciers in the Andes melted so fast over the past 300 years - (Photo: BBC)

This is a supposedly most comprehensive assessment of narrowed glacier research in the Andes region - a source of freshwater for tens of millions of people in South America.

The Andes glaciers have melted so fast over the past 300 years, in which several glaciers will probably disappear completely in the coming years, according to researcher Antoine Rabatel - the lead author of the study. work at LGEG.

Previously, the Chacaltaya glacier (in the Andes of Bolivia) was once famous for tourists who flocked to skiing in the winter, now almost no more, BBC posted.

Scientists believe that the glacier is located at an altitude of about 5,400 meters in the Andes region that is so narrowed, about 1.35 meters of ice thickness / year is due to the effects of climate change, specifically the temperature of this area. increased at an average of 0.7 degrees Celsius during the period 1950-1994.

'The fact that the Andes glaciers shrink too quickly will lead to a shortage of fresh water, seriously affecting the lives of people living in the arid region of western South America,' Rabatel told the BBC.