Study documents dramatic loss of remaining Pyrenees glaciers

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Spanish scientists blamed climate change for the retreat, and in particular a 1.5°C overall temperature increase in the Pyrenean region since the 19th century.

Their mass also shrank over one-fifth on average, or 23%, in nearly one decade, according to the study published recently in the peer-reviewedThe Spanish scientists blamed climate change for the retreat, and in particular a 1.5°C overall temperature increase in the Pyrenean region since the 19th century."What we are seeing here is an advance warning of what may happen in other mountains, like in the Alps,” said Jesus Revuelto, one of the study’s authors.

The researchers work for the Pyrenean Institue of Ecology, or IPE, a branch of Spain’s main public scientific research body, the CSIC. They used high-resolution satellite imagery and visuals obtained by research flights in 2011 to map the ice mass evolution, comparing it with data obtained in field visits and 3D models of the mountain ridges produced last summer with the help of drones.

Spanish scientists say Europe's southern-most glaciers will likely be reduced to ice patches in the next two decades due to climate change. "We can argue with confidence that Pyrenean glaciers are in extreme jeopardy and could disappear or become residual ice patches in about two decades,” the scientists wrote.

 

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