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news El Financiero 2026-04-10

Global Warming Causes Glacier Extinction in Colombian Andes

A glacier in the Eastern Andes of Colombia, the Cerros de la Plaza, has vanished due to climate change, according to the Ideam Institute. Scientists report that the loss is definitive, illustrating the rapid and accelerating effects of rising temperatures and reduced snowfall.


El glaciar de los Cerros de la Plaza, ubicado en los Andes Orientales de Colombia, desapareció el mes pasado como consecuencia del cambio climático. <p><a href="https://www.elfinanciero.com.mx/opinion/salvador-garcia-linan/origen-de-los-glaciares/" rel="" target="_blank" title="https://www.elfinanciero.com.mx/opinion/salvador-garcia-linan/origen-de-los-glaciares/">El glaciar</a><b> de los Cerros de la Plaza</b>, ubicado en la Sierra Nevada de Güicán o El Cocuy, en los Andes Orientales de <a href...

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