00:00In the last years, the climate crisis has generated the meltdown of the glaciers,
00:04which have the 70% of the water dulce of the world and provide this resource to the 50%
00:09of humanity.
00:10For the end of the century, in several parts of the world, as well as in Colombia,
00:13the hielos perpetuos will have disappeared,
00:15advierten several entities during the first World Day of Glacier,
00:19celebrated this Wednesday, March 21.
00:21If you take into account the loss of the hielo that have suffered the glaciers since 1975,
00:25when they started the measurements, the number would ascend to more than 9.000 billion tons of mass.
00:30In the case of Colombia, the global trend of the loss of glaciers, mainly due to the climate change.
00:36The IDAM states that for the second half of the 19th century,
00:39in the country, there were more than 349 km2 of glaciers.
00:44For 2022, the last measure with the country, that area was reduced to more than 90%.
00:50Actualmente, only 33,09 km2 of glaciers.
00:54However, the glaciers of our territory are exceptional.
00:57Colombia alberga the 45% of the ecuatorial glaciers of the world,
01:01only behind the Ecuador, which has the 53%.
01:04The 2% rest of the rest of the country, between the three African and the Asian countries.
01:09This particularity, which makes it especially sensitive to the increase of the global temperature.
01:13At the current rate of the Hielo, which the IDAM calcula between the 3% and the 5% annually,
01:18Colombia will be left without glaciers for the end of this year.
01:20Jorge Luis Ceballos, ingeniero geógrafo y único glaciólogo colombiano,
01:24asegura que hay que asumir esta pérdida entre toda la sociedad colombiana,
01:28registrar esos cambios y adaptarnos.
01:29Los glaciares nos están diciendo, yo me voy, ustedes se quedan, adaptense.
01:34Los invitamos a conocer más sobre esta noticia en la sección de Ambiente del Espectador.
01:38Y no olviden seguirnos en todas nuestras redes sociales.
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