Durante el Foro Internacional de Glaciología. "Cambios recientes en los glaciares de Latinoamérica" , explicó que sus volúmenes helados son vulnerables al presentar temperaturas que la mayor parte del año fluctúan entre menos 1 y menos 1.5 grados centígrados, en promedio.
En primavera y verano prácticamente llegan a los cero grados.
En el caso del Popocatépetl, abundó, existen tres razones por las cuales hay retrocesos importantes: el cambio climático que afecta a los glaciares del mundo, las condiciones ambientales locales con la presencia de la industria, y el hecho de ser un volcán en erupción.
Aunque el área glacial era pequeña prácticamente ya no existe. "Hay pedazos de hielo y en los últimos 15 años no ha habido acumulación, ya que los glaciares subsisten si cae nieve y se preserva, transformada" .
Según un comunicado de la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) , el experto señaló que los que aún quedan están localizados en una extensión de 0.3 kilómetros cuadrados, pero no de manera continua, sino a manera de "parche pegado a la roca" .
Noticia completa en El Imparcial (México)
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