22 May 2012

CHILE : After Glacier Melted...Patagonian Lake Disappeared.

http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jIwNEe-57V24OOBGE2qqWxnARLlw?docId=CNG.e7703216509201558806d4e7e37448b4.5f1


      It took less than 24 hours...but most of Patagonia's 5-square km Cachet Lake II...almost disappeared.
     Only chunks of ice...and some puddles...remained.
     When the dam-like Colonia Glacier melted...it allowed 200 million cubic liters of water to gush into a river...and draining the lake.
     The Cachet II dropped...31 meters/90 feet.
     It has happened before...11 times since 2008....but experts say it is occurring more frequently...because of global warming.