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Colombias glaciers could disappear in 30 years - report

2013-03-05 05:37:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

AlertNet: Colombia's glaciers are melting so fast that the country has lost more than half of its glacier mass over the past three decades due to rising temperatures linked to climate change, according to a report by the Colombian Institute of Hydrology, Meteorology and Environmental Studies (IDEAM). "In the last 30 years, we have lost 57 percent of our glacier mass due to climate change... If current trends continue it is estimated that in about 30 years there will be no snow-capped mountains in the country,"...

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