The Andes Vanishing Glaciers

Anyone who has flown over the peaks of South America's Andes Mountain Range or hiked into its wilderness areas has been awed by the massive ice fields and glaciers.The Quelccaya Ice Cap, located in the Andes Mountains of South America, is the largest tropical body of ice in the world. According to recent research, one of the glaciers in this ice cap, the Peruvian Qori Kalis, like the snowfields of Africa's Mount Kilimanjaro, is rapidly melting and could soon vanish completely (comparisons with previous mapping showed 33% of Mt Kilimanjaro's ice had disappeared in the last two decades - 82% had gone since 1912). Posted by Jason McManus.

Read More