Due to climate change, the ice mass shared between Chile and Argentina has been broken.

Due to climate change, Campo de Hielo Sur, the whole of Patagonia glaciers that Argentina shares with Chile, he fractured in two and it is likely to continue to fragment over time.

According to the advice of scientists from Chile's Water Directorate who conducted an expedition, the hole – 100 meters – exposed a band that was previously covered with ice. This, according to the experts, it will absorb more radiation and therefore melt faster.

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In addition, higher temperatures make change the volume of snow and water that falls in the area, which accelerates even more than the effect.

The southern ice field is located in the Andes and occupies an area of ​​more than 12,000 square kilometers. It is considered the largest expanse of ice in the southern hemisphere outside of Antarctica.

The expedition was made in March in order to update the glacier inventory, although the results are only known recently.