温暖化という言い方は最近、あまりしなくなったが。温暖化と言った方が通りが良い話題。ベネズエラに残っていた氷河が小さくなりすぎて、なんぼなんでも河じゃないだろう、とダウングレード。ice fieldに格下げ。
BBC Venezuela may be first nation to lose all its glaciers 23 hours ago
Aleks Phillips
国際的な共通基準はないものの、10ヘクタールくらいはないと氷河とは言いにくい様子。問題の氷河は450ヘクタールが2ヘクタールほどに減っちゃったとかなんとか。そりゃあ…参りましたねえ…。
「Venezuela may be the first nation in modern history to lose all its glaciers after climate scientists downgraded its last one to an ice field.
The International Cryosphere Climate Initiative (ICCI), a scientific advocacy organisation, said on X that the South American nation's only remaining glacier - the Humboldt, or La Corona, in the Andes - had become "too small to be classed as a glacier".
Venezuela has lost at least six other glaciers in the last century.」
「In March, researchers at the University of Los Andes in Colombia told AFP the glacier had shrunk from 450 hectares to just two.」
「While there is no global standard for the minimum size a body of ice must be to qualify as a glacier, the US Geological Survey says a commonly accepted guideline is around 10 hectares.」
12月。ベネズエラ政府はカバーをかけて氷河を保護しようとしたそうだが。…まあその、焼け石に水、ですわねえ普通、考えて…。
「In December, the Venezuelan government announced a project to cover the remaining ice with a thermal blanket it hoped would stem or reverse the thawing process.
But the move drew criticism from local climate scientists, who warned that the covering could contaminate the surrounding habitat with plastic particles as it degraded, according to Spanish newspaper El Pais.」
こうしてベネズエラからは氷河が全て消え去ってしまうことに。…本邦でも近年、特にあったかくなり、夏の雨はまるで南洋のそれ。いろいろと厳しくある。
BBC Venezuela may be first nation to lose all its glaciers 23 hours ago
Aleks Phillips
国際的な共通基準はないものの、10ヘクタールくらいはないと氷河とは言いにくい様子。問題の氷河は450ヘクタールが2ヘクタールほどに減っちゃったとかなんとか。そりゃあ…参りましたねえ…。
「Venezuela may be the first nation in modern history to lose all its glaciers after climate scientists downgraded its last one to an ice field.
The International Cryosphere Climate Initiative (ICCI), a scientific advocacy organisation, said on X that the South American nation's only remaining glacier - the Humboldt, or La Corona, in the Andes - had become "too small to be classed as a glacier".
Venezuela has lost at least six other glaciers in the last century.」
「In March, researchers at the University of Los Andes in Colombia told AFP the glacier had shrunk from 450 hectares to just two.」
「While there is no global standard for the minimum size a body of ice must be to qualify as a glacier, the US Geological Survey says a commonly accepted guideline is around 10 hectares.」
12月。ベネズエラ政府はカバーをかけて氷河を保護しようとしたそうだが。…まあその、焼け石に水、ですわねえ普通、考えて…。
「In December, the Venezuelan government announced a project to cover the remaining ice with a thermal blanket it hoped would stem or reverse the thawing process.
But the move drew criticism from local climate scientists, who warned that the covering could contaminate the surrounding habitat with plastic particles as it degraded, according to Spanish newspaper El Pais.」
こうしてベネズエラからは氷河が全て消え去ってしまうことに。…本邦でも近年、特にあったかくなり、夏の雨はまるで南洋のそれ。いろいろと厳しくある。
