Retreating Andean rocks signal the world’s glaciers are melting far faster than predicted, report scientists

Retreating Andean rocks signal the world’s glaciers are melting far faster than predicted, report scientists

Rocks recently exposed to the sky after being covered with prehistoric ice show that tropical glaciers have shrunk to their smallest size in more than 11,700 years, revealing the tropics have already warmed past limits last seen earlier in the Holocene age, researchers from Boston College report in the journal Science. Rocks recently exposed to the sky after being covered with prehistoric ice show that tropical glaciers have shrunk to their smallest size in more than 11,700 years, revealing the tropics have already warmed past limits last seen earlier in the Holocene age, researchers from Boston College report in the journal Science. Earth Sciences Environment Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories

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