Sunday, January 16, 2011

Glaciers disappearing in the Altos Andes



The Glacier Ururashraju, at 15,000 feet in Cordillera Blanca of Peru, is disappearing.

Soon also the glacier feeding water to La Paz (Bolivia's capital) will be no more.

Everybody is watching hypnotized, doing nothing.

2 comments:

Ivan said...

What exactly are we supposed to do? Lack of rain is the problem, and if you say global warming baloney is to blame, how is it that the Australians are under water.

J said...

Standard answer: It is a complex system.

No one is sure.