Climate change accelerates the melting of glaciers in Chile

As an impact of global warming, the Southern Patagonian Ice Field in Chile, South America has seen an significant increase in the melting rate of the glaciers in recent years.

The Southern Patagonian Ice Field lies between Chile and Argentina at the Southern Patagonian Andes. It is the second largest contiguous extra-polar ice field in the Southern Hemisphere with a total area of about 17,000 square kilometers. I