Argentine glacier back four miles in nearly 80 years

Ameghino Glacier in southern Argentina, fell four miles in almost 80 years due to global warming, today denounced the environmental organization Greenpeace.The agency released two photos of the glacier training, located in the Parque Nacional Los Glaciares, in the southern province of Santa Cruz, one taken in 1931 and one taken in March that show the retreat of the ice mass and the enviroment and glaciar.
"What we can see is a significant shrinkage of almost 4 km, which coincides with the developments that have, in recent decades, almost all of the ice along the Cordillera de los Andes," he told a statement Juan Carlos Villalonga, director of campaigns at Greenpeace Argentina.

Glacier and the environmental

The most recent photo was taken by Ameghino environmental organization in a joint expedition with the Argentine Institute of Snow Research and Glaciology (IANIGLA), while that of 1931 was taken from the same place by the priest Alberto De Agostini and the enviroment and glaciar.
In the photographic comparison shows that on the front of the glacier now there is a gap that appeared in other photographs above.

Argentinian glaciar

"The Ameghino was one of the glaciers began to study some time ago IANIGLA. And quickly, year after year, and compared with historical documents that we had at that time, we clearly saw a very marked retraction process," said Ricardo Villalba , director of IANIGLA. According to the expert, "the obvious effect of global warming is the retreat of the ice masses around the globe and, obviously, Argentina and South America's glaciers are not alien to it and the enviroment and glaciar."
"One travels regularly Andes and is clearly seen that the shrinking process continues and in many cases, has accelerated," he warned Villalba.
Greenpeace pointed out that the disappearance of glaciers bodies represents a loss of freshwater and that many of these ice contribute to the flow of rivers that originate in high mountains.
The Ameghino belongs to the Southern Patagonian Ice Field, from which emerge thirteen large glaciers and 190 smaller glaciers.