Rapid decline of the San Quintin glacier, North Patagonia
Glaciers grow and retreat at intervals depending on local climate changes, particularly variations in temperature and precipitation. Retreating and diminishing mountain glaciers all over the world, except in the Antarctica, indicate a general trend of global warming.
Year: 2005
From collection: Vital Climate Graphics Latin America and the Caribbean
Cartographer: UNEP/GRID-Arendal