The ecosystem services blog » Global change http://blog.ecosystem-services.org Analyses and comments on the science and practice of ecosystem services and biodiversity Mon, 02 Jan 2012 11:37:47 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 What about glacial melt in the Andes? http://blog.ecosystem-services.org/2010/02/15/what-about-glacial-melt-in-the-andes/ http://blog.ecosystem-services.org/2010/02/15/what-about-glacial-melt-in-the-andes/#comments Mon, 15 Feb 2010 08:07:54 +0000 F@bien http://blog.ecosystem-services.org/?p=225 Following the debate on the IPCC’s mistake on the future of Himalayan glaciers, and their statement (see previous post), the Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research (IAI) has asked its scientists to offer their perspective on glacial melt in the Andes. The report is available here (pdf).

In summary, most glaciers are shrinking and although some may survive and others disappear (particularly in tropical and subtropical regions) the key message is that people who depend on rivers fed by glaciers and snow must already learn to adapt to changes in seasonal water flows.

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A new label was suggested for global warming and associated global change in a comment by Bubbles on the New Scientist magazine’s blog: Global Procrastination…

Sounds good. Of course, other commentators suggested alternative labels such as “Global Scaremongering”.

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