レオナルド・ディカプリオさんのインスタグラム写真 - (レオナルド・ディカプリオInstagram)「From @yaleenvironment360: Using satellite data, scientists are documenting the inexorable melting of South America’s glaciers and ice fields. The findings are sobering: Ninety-eight percent of Andean glaciers have shrunk this century, losing an average of three feet in thickness a year since 2000. The area covered by glaciers in Peru, for example, shrank by nearly a third from 2000 to 2016. In the southern Andes, particularly in Patagonia, some glaciers have retreated 5.5 miles in the past century. This ice loss poses a threat to water supplies and agriculture from Bolivia to Chile. “The disappearance of glaciers will have an impact on the cities, but not just cities — locals, farmers, and people who do agriculture more broadly,” says one scientist. To read the full story, click the link in @yaleenvironment360’s bio. Reporting by Jonathan Moens. Photo credit: David Silverman/Getty Images」2月9日 3時31分