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Venezuela's Last Glacier, Humboldt, Has Melted Away
Venezuela is the first postglacial nation in the Andes, as its last substantial patch of ice is now considered too small to flow under its own weight. Venezuela's Humboldt Glacier has completely disappeared, marking a significant environmental change as it was the last glacier in a country histor
This loss reflects a broader pattern of retreating tropical glaciers worldwide, exacerbated by rising global temperatures. Humboldt Glacier has long been perched high in the Sierra Nevada de Mérida, a range in the northern extent of South America’s Andes Mountains. Glaciers in the tropics—the region of Earth straddling the equator between latitudes of about 30°N and 30°S—exist because of the cold, snowy climate found at high elevations.
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