The glacier collapsed and fell into a river valley more than 200 meters. The scene was exciting to think about.
According to @Xiaochang Video recently, on September 9, a glacier in the Quirat National Park in Chile suddenly collapsed. At that time, someone happened to be nearby. He captured the moment when the glacier collapsed and fell more than 200 meters after it fell into the valley below .
Judging from the videos it shot, after the glacier collapsed, it flowed down like a waterfall, splashing into the valley, and white "smoke" was raised. The rare scene also made many people present exclaim.
It is understood that Quirat National Park is located in the Eisen area in the south of Chile . It has virgin forests and part of the Southern Patagonian ice field. This ice field is the second largest continental ice field in the world and has several spectacular large glaciers.
Researchers said that the glacier collapse incident is a direct consequence of global climate warming . This year, the region experienced abnormal high temperatures of up to 15 degrees Celsius. In addition, the tropical warm air brought a lot of rain to the area, which is also one of the reasons for the glacier collapse in the area.
The harm of global warming is emerging. In July this year, the world's second largest ice cap, Greenland ice cap, accelerated melting. , from July 15 to 17 alone, the daily ice loss reached about 6 billion tons, enough to fill 7.2 million Olympic-specific swimming pools.
Generally speaking, June to early September is the melting season of the Greenland ice sheet. But the recent temperature has been "extremely warm", reaching above 15℃, and even reporters have been able to go out wearing short sleeves, which has significantly accelerated the melting of the ice layer in Greenland .
