When tropical glaciers will disappear completely
Source:the Glaciers are melting. And this is a huge problem.
We All know that in tropical latitudes is quite hot, however, even in such a warm climate there is a place with the real glaciers. Scientists call them tropical glaciers, but these are rather unusual objects on the slopes and peaks of the local mountain ranges. However, this wonderful and beautiful phenomenon may soon disappear from the face of the Earth. At least this is what says the group of American scientists. And, I confess private, in the sphere of the latest news about global climate change to doubt it is almost not necessary.
disappears When the tropical glaciers?
The Glaciers located on the mountain of Puncak Jaya, located in the Western half of the island of New Guinea, melted for many years. This was said by one of the authors of the new Professor, Ohio State University, Lonnie Thompson. However, the melting has rapidly increased in the period 2015-2016, due to El niño. This phenomenon, which makes the tropical ocean water and as a result, the surrounding air temperature to heat up.
El Nino are natural phenomena and are repeated from time to time, but their effects have been strengthened . The latest study suggests that tropical glaciers will disappear in the next 10 years. Most likely, this will happen during the next El niño. Have you heard about this natural phenomenon? Write about it in our .
It is likely that other tropical glaciers are located in Tanzania and Peru, will meet the same fate. About 75 percent of Indonesia's glaciers have disappeared in just nine years. I think that what is happening in Indonesia, is an indicator of what will happen in the world. — says Mr Thompson.
Thompson and his team watched the glacier from 2010, when they drilled ice cores to determine the composition and temperature of the atmosphere surrounding the glacier. Scientists noticed that the glacier decreased. The melting began at least 150 years ago, but accelerated only in the last decade.
During the drilling expedition 2010 team have established in the ice column PVC pipes, connected by a rope. This was essential in order to measure the rate of ice melting. It was found that the speed is about one meter a year.
The Rate of melting of the glacier is growing exponentially, — says Professor Thompson. This is similar to the spread of incurable diseases in the human body when he fades in our eyes and nothing can be done. Water absorbs more heat energy from the Sun than snow, so increasing the amount of water on top of the glacier heat glacier even more. If you want «kill the glacier», you just put water on him. Water goes right through the ice to bedrock. Because of this, when the water begins to accumulate on the top of the glacier, the glacier starts to melt faster.
Yes, this photo is the yellow marked place in 2010 was ice.
But why melting glaciers — is that bad? Globally, the melting of glaciers is one of the main factors of sea-level rise, along with the warming of ocean waters may lead to more frequent and more intense storms. Thompson said mountain glaciers around the world «contribute from a third to a half of annual sea level rise in the oceans of the Earth».
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