January 29, 2005

Yahoo! News - Glaciers Shrinking in a Warming World

Another global warming story about retreating glaciers predicting imminent disaster.
But...

"Chacaltaya and other Andean glaciers had been retreating since the 18th century, when the "Little Ice Age" ended locally, but the rate has picked up dramatically in recent decades, melting three times faster since the 1980s than in the mid-20th century."

Tell us more about this "Little Ice Age." What caused it? Was human activity involved? How long did it last?

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