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Pyrenees' glaciers may disappear in less than 50 years

Posted on September 05, 2008

Much has been said about the situation of the glaciers in Greenland and Antarctica, but little is known about those in the high mountain areas of the Iberian Peninsula. A Spanish study has now revealed, for the first time, that of all mountain areas only the Pyrenees has active glaciers left. What is more, the steady increase in temperature - a total of 0.9 C since 1890 - indicates that Pyrenean glaciers will disappear before 2050, according to the experts.Researchers from the University of Cantabria, the Autonomous University of Madrid and Valladolid have produced a summary on the current si...

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