Melting glacier in Chile empties a lake, global warming to blame
Recently, the melting of a glacier in southern Chile caused a glacial lake to swell, and then empty suddenly, causing a tsunami of sorts against a river. Fortunately, no one was injured. According to glacier scientist, Gino Casassa, the melting of the Colonia glacier can be blamed on rising world temperatures. The melting of the glacier filled Cachet Lake, and then bored a 5-mile tunnel through the glacier, emptying into the Baker River.Casassa said that temperatures were unusually high during the recent summer in the Southern Hemisphere, and that events like this occasionally take place during the summer. But are events like this one attributable to global warming? According to Casassa, the answer is yes, "the basic cause is global warming."
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4-11-2008 @ 12:10PM
Mick said...
So are temperatures actually increasing in Chile and by how much? That data is absent from the claim that global warming did it, almost as if people don't even have to have data to show it causes things...
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4-11-2008 @ 12:13PM
Patricia said...
At least from this article, the conclusion that global warming caused this specific glacier melting/flood comes solely from the scientist quoted, Gino Cassasa.