Chilean Patagonia: an open-air lab to study climate change

[Article] Patagonia's chilly waters are a natural laboratory for researchers studying global warming. Glaciers are melting, releasing vast amounts of fresh water into the sea and upsetting marine ecosystems. If that continues, it could have dire consequences for the humpback whales that feed in the area, as their food supply could disappear.

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The humpback whale, a sea giant weighing 30 tonnes, travels thousands of kilometres to feed here, near the Santa Ines glacier, in the fjords of the Chilean Patagonia. 
But climate change could upset its life cycle. 
The glacier is retreating, revealing rocks that were once invisible and spilling...
This article was published Friday, 1 February, 2019 by AFP (374 words)
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