One of the glaciers in a chain of snow-capped mountains in the Colombian Andes has vanished due to high temperatures driven by climate change.
Satellite images show how the ice sheet covering the mountain gradually shrank from 2015 until it disappeared completely in March 2026.
Situated in the Sierra Nevada del Cocuy range, in the northeast of Colombia, the Cerros de la Plaza glacier was officially declared disappeared last week by the Institute of Hydrology, Meteorology and Environmental Studies (IDEAM).
Its surface area shrank from five square kilometers (1.93 square miles) in the 19th century to zero today, according to the agency.
“Climate change is a reality that is already transforming our territories. And what is at stake is not only the landscape, but the very balance of these ecosystems,” IDEAM said in a statement.
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**From AFP:**
Where once there was ice, only rock remains.
One of the glaciers in a chain of snow-capped mountains in the Colombian Andes has vanished due to high temperatures driven by climate change.
Satellite images show how the ice sheet covering the mountain gradually shrank from 2015 until it disappeared completely in March 2026.
Situated in the Sierra Nevada del Cocuy range, in the northeast of Colombia, the Cerros de la Plaza glacier was officially declared disappeared last week by the Institute of Hydrology, Meteorology and Environmental Studies (IDEAM).
Its surface area shrank from five square kilometers (1.93 square miles) in the 19th century to zero today, according to the agency.
“Climate change is a reality that is already transforming our territories. And what is at stake is not only the landscape, but the very balance of these ecosystems,” IDEAM said in a statement.
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