Los Glaciares National Park would lose 60% of the ice

May 2, 2019

The world survey on UNESCO World Heritage glaciers warns of their disappearance until 2100.

The Argentina has one of the richest glaciers on the planet and is located in Los Glaciares National Park. International scientists say that If greenhouse gas emissions are maintained at the current rate, the world will suffer so much ice loss that 60% of the current volume could disappear by 2100.

A study of International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN), "Nearly half of the glaciers on the World Heritage List of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) they could disappear if the current level of gas emissions causing global warming is maintained. "

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The researchers predicted that, if this situation persisted, by 2100, the glaciers would have completely disappeared in 21 of the 46 sites inscribed on the UNESCO list.

Among the threatened glaciers are some of the most iconic in the world, such as the National Park of Glaciers, the Great Aletsch Glacier in the Swiss Alps, the Khumbu Glacier in the Himalayas (Nepal) or the Jakobshavn in the Greenland.

"The loss of these iconic glaciers would be a tragedy and could have serious consequences on the availability of aquatic resources., sea level rise and other weather phenomena, "said Peter Shadie, director of the IUCN World Heritage Program, in a statement.

The statement issued by IUCN states that "A very large loss of ice, about 60% of the current volume, is expected for 2100"In the park that is in the province of Santa Cruz and that includes the famous Perito Moreno glacier.

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In North America, the Waterton-Glacier Peace International Park, the Canadian Rockies and the US Olympic National Park could lose more than 70% of their current glaciers by 2100, despite a drastic reduction in their numbers. carbon dioxide emissions.

In Europe, the disappearance of small glaciers in the Monte Perdido National Park in the Pyrenees (in Spain and France) is expected before 2040. In New Zealand, it is expected that the Te Wahipounamu will lose between 25 and 80% of the volume. current ice during this century.