Pyrénéen glaciers could vanish in 60 years due to climate change, say scientists
Friday, November 8, 2013 @ 6:39 PM
GLACIERS in the Spanish and French Pyrénées could disappear within less than 60 years, warn environmental experts.
Global warming has led to the 45 square kilometres of glaciers in the mountains to reduce to just five between 1870 and now.
The Pyrénéen Climate Change Observatory has collected data on atmospheric warming and says up to 60 per cent of the plant life in the area is in danger of extinction, something which is expected to worsen given predictions of a temperature rise of between 2.8ºC and 4ºC by the High Council of Scientific Investigations (CSIC) in Spain.
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