How did Venezuela’s Humboldt glacier shrink to an ice field?
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 6 ก.ย. 2024
- Venezuela is thought to be the first nation in modern times to have completely lost all of its glaciers. The International Cryosphere Climate Initiative (ICCI), a scientific advocacy organization, said on X that the South American nation's only remaining glacier - the Humboldt, or La Corona, in the Andes - had become "too small to be classed as a glacier".
Hence, the glacier has been reclassified as an ice field.
Latest studies have found that the Humboldt glacier has shrunk to an area of less than 2 hectares. Hence, its classification was downgraded from glacier to ice field as the US Geological Survey says a commonly accepted guideline for a glacier is around 10 hectares.
The country had been home to 6 glaciers in the Sierra Nevada de Mérida mountain range.
5 of the glaciers had disappeared by 2011, leaving just Humboldt. The Humboldt glacier was projected to last at least another decade but latest assessments have found the glacier melted much faster than expected.
Venezuela’s political turmoil has prevented Scientists from monitoring the glacier site for a few years now. Still, experts believe that rising climate change and the recent El Niño climate phenomenon, which leads to hotter temperatures may accelerate the demise of tropical glaciers.
Although the Venezuelan government has installed a thermal blanket to prevent further melting, experts say the attempt is futile.
According to scientists, Indonesia, Mexico, and Slovenia are next in line to become glacier-free, as the world experienced record-breaking temperatures over the past couple of years.
Earlier, a World Meteorological Organization (WMO) report also highlighted that most glaciers in the high-mountain region in Asia had lost significant mass because of record-breaking high temperatures and dry conditions.
In the end, if expert opinion is to be believed, the melting of the glaciers could well be irreversible and it’s imperative to protect them while we still can.
#climatechange #venezuela #glacier
Absolutely terrifying. Thank you for highlighting this information
usse kuch ni hone wala h...........human beings will never realise the balance of a nature....development is not only in terms of industrialisation, making dams, bridges, buildings, hotels, polluting rivers by pouring all industriAL wastage into the rivers, but also making afforesation as a part of it.development ka sense agar nature ko balance krne m v lagaate instead of making buildings to aise din kavi nahi aate
All thanks to greedy captialists
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Its very harsh.. Its just like a preview for our himalayas..
It's so terrifying to see them melt. Don't know what our plight is going to be in the future. 😢
This is so distressing. What have we done to our Earth 🌍
This summer the snow cover in upper himlayan region might be the least in uttrakhand due to no precipitation in winter.
As you state, the disappearance of glaciers is irreversible ... unless the Earth experiences a global cooling episode, either due to a massive volcanic eruption, an asteroid impact or nuclear winter. Glaciers cannot be geoengineered back to life!
How stupid was & how thoughtless is our greed for fossil fuels!
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What to do with the development when no one will survive I will be very happy in doing farming and don't want to be developed@@weatherlou
So alarming and soo worry for future.... But no party is taking about it
what is expectation from them
लोगों की होड़ लगी है की हम मरकर ही रहेंगे ग्लोबल वार्मिंग से लेकिन सुधरेंगे नहीं
Very true, mar jayenge, magar sudhrenge nahi.
Exactly 💯
Thankyou dte for this video and also ×10000 thanks for all the future videos
It's a serious matter of concern 😢😢😢😢😢😢
Important update. The NCR and even North Region inhabitants does not discuss such topics on breakfast & dinner tables. Nor during informal office timings. Urban population in Bharat not interested in these topics. Only few maniacs discuss it openly….like me😂
When the prime minister says "GLOBAL WARMING nahi huyi, hamari sehne ki shakti kam ho gayi hai"
What do you expect?
We use our rivers for everything. Just visit RISHIKESH and you will find that all the WASTE from the town goes into GANGA.
@@Voice.OfTheVoiceless I was there this year in march, And I've seen the catastrophic situations of river channel.
Mountain were cut down in the name of development while they can instead built an alternate route.
Some mountains were destroyed to build hotel and malls.
Really, do we need malls in a region like Mountains.
Local are against this but they're very much insufficient to make a major call as no media covering them.
Extremely alarming situation 😨🙏
Days are near when future archaeology will search for lost gangetic rivers like saraswati😢
Heart breaking 💔
*Thanks Down to Earth 🌍*
💎🏆 Great insightful & fruitful video 🏆💎
Since you have started taking the initiative, remember we cannot stop the climate crisis but we can slowly but very steady slowdown the effects of climate change and gain sufficient time for adaptability for the current as well as for the generations yet to come and parallel to this we can regenerate the ecology by triggering the micro-climates. We know that the world is already late but there is still a hope. We still have time to act.
They can't be saved because of the cascading effect and the feedback loop because factors responsible for these effects are related to and are increasing in the magnitude of their effect thus increasing the collapse of planet I recommend you to read DEEP ADAPTATION by Jem bendell
We will have no time to act, when we don't stop to vote ignorant idiots into office - worldwide.
We should strongly stand with #Sonam wangchuk Sir❤
Thank you down to earth
How to “protect them while we still can “ ?
They can't be saved because of the cascading effect and the feedback because factors responsible for these effects are related to and are increasing in the magnitude of their effect thus increasing the collapse of planet I recommend you to read DEEP ADAPTATION by Jem bendell
Maybe they can install some refrigeration units to save it? 🤔
But look at the bright side: all those mummified ice persons they might find!
Beautifulll explaination 😊❤
Good documentary
The no. Of billionaire and millionaire increases while glaciers decreases what a world of wonder amazing isn't it life beautiful? Yes it's beautiful
People need to be aware of this more. Let's ensure that you demand more climate positive action
We need to open our fridge more. Come on guys we can do it. Today at 6:00 GMT we will all open our fridge for 10 minutes straight. Our little contribution can save glaciers from melting....
😔 unexpected situations
This is sad😢
Please provide in hindi version also , so people 🙏🙏could understand.
Kya karenge samajh ke. Sonam sir itna protest chala rahe hai laddakh mai kisi koi koi fark pada he nahi.
Please plant native tress in your area and encourage others to adopt one🙏
There is nexus between forest officials and tree fellers all over the world. Corruption prevented to check climate due to tree felling rapidly. This caused the climate to warm up very rapidly. Example in gulf countries the mangrove Islands are buried with sand to create island.
i wish more people saw this for the huge warning bell this is.
Let us wait and see.
Is there an English version of the video?
Already in English
It's English video.
Congratulations for modern civilization
They can't be saved because of the cascading effect and the feedback loop because factors responsible for these effects are related to and are increasing in the magnitude of their effect thus increasing the collapse of planet I recommend you to read DEEP ADAPTATION by Jem bendell
Terrifying!
Venezuela, indonesia has glacier ??
Indonesia has a glacier?
India miss the chance to become the 1st glacier free country. Hope it becomes the 2nd. Factories are working day and night for this. Some effort from modiji will make it possible.
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a very sad moment 😥
They need to learn from Baltistan in Pakistan glacier grafting or Stupa of Ladakh in India to slow down the melting process.
J&k , Himachal, uttrakhand get ready for this.
Venezuela Lost all its glacier
Ok
This is so worrying
Is there a way to protect them?
Nope you cannot
too late now
terrifying
50 degree Celsius in India may 2024 animals and poor humans dying 😢
Tarmac. If we keep tarmacking the subcontinent, we're going to lose all our glaciers.
Before India to be a developed nation by 2047 government should be full focus on reason for climate change 😢😢
Modi ko climate kya hota hai yeah bhi nhi pta hoga 😂
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Free is good, even is ours like rich, free is always good.
RIP humbholt glacier (ice age - 2024)
Fun fact glaciers are not a permanent state for water
After 10 year we will be talking abt the himalays its sad and we indians are sleeping on it i live in the Himalayas and the glaciers and the watertable both r suffering
Modi will give contract to Adani to save glacier.
So much of hatred
Adani gets contract from Modi and Tata gets contract from didi. But you just blame one
@@Kathakathan11 I want contract. Why only Tata Adani
but still they dont wanna open their eyes. what a futility
Its so sad news i can't even write a single word for it but i can say #savesoil
its horrible for everyone hope human know about nature more and try to close to nature nature protection is very important otherwise its really problematic for humans for survive
The end is near
yha b ho jane chahiye quki na logo ko environment ki pdi h na government ko
But our GOD MODIJI SAYS GLOBAL WARMING JAISI koi cheez nahi hoti.
They don’t say such things, infact they are doing better for environment
@Kathakathan11 he said ! And you stop defending him get a life
When he said that ??
Trump told it not Modi
No, he never said that. Infact Modiji always speaks climate change and pushing India's global role in the issue.
Pico Bolivar never had glaciers - it is less than 5km high. Stop lying guys.
Water world movie will be a reality soon
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India's going through massive election and not a single party in there menifesto mentioned about strict plan for sustainable development, environment protection.
India is becoming ignorant like once USA was or still
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Government, so called celebrities ,businessman,cricketer koi is topic par baat nahi kar raha, bas sabko apni pocket bharni hai.
So called actors aur cricketer, gambling aur tobacco ki ad karenge magar global warming ki baat nahi karenge.
Ayo pavam!
Hmm... As glaciar already melted... Its time for me to buy 4th SUV which is super gas guzzler
It's india has glacier too where Baglear Dam has been incorporated unjustified to take water from Pakistan's chenab river otherwise chenab river was has enough water to be flown.
What for india should've glacier?
Why do india need the glaciers , to make more threats to Pakistan ?
Don't mind but india needs to remove baglear dam to chinab river flows. It's a justified demand cos chinab river do have right over us for advocacy for it's honored flow through out Pakistani Punjab.
Mast duniya ko bhogo koi tension nahi hai 5 saal hai abhi apne paas😊
everything will be disappeared
Thats not a good news 😢
OMG
Future ke liye Tension lena Jaruri hai but United Nations and also Country Does not intereste in Global warming So funny😢😢 News Ka Head Line Ayega Jayega Koi Kuch nhi karega.
Mai toh AC laga lunga apne ghar me ❤
5 ton ke 2 lagaio bhai
நன்றி நன்றி நன்றி.....
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World war - water 3
I don't care i should get water and all other natural resources
All the educated people should reduce their carbon emissions, especially by having one less child
Acharya Prashant is generating awareness about climate change since long but we will remain ignorant
The
Wtf is a witel
Acharya Prashant army like here
Sir apke ghar me Ac to hoga hi. Fir gyan dene se koi fayda nhi. We all knows that AC deteriorated our environment..
Sab SUV le leke pahad ghumne nikal lo. Kya karna nature bacha ke.