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Sunday, September 7, 2008

Photo: Mountain Glaciers Melting Faster Than Ever, Expert Says


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Climate expert Lonnie Thompson found an image from the 1930s (top) showing the extent of several glaciers in the Andes mountain range in Peru. He then took a more recent image from the same vantage point (bottom) to illustrate how much the glaciers have retreated.

Around the world mountain glaciers are melting faster than ever, Thompson announced at a recent scientific conference. The rapid thaw offers some of the most provocative evidence yet that global warming isn't due to natural forces alone.

Photographs courtesy Ohio State University