SAN DIEGO (Border Report) — Yes, glaciers do exist in Mexico, at least for now, according to Hugo Delgado Granados, Volcanologist with UNAM university in Mexico City.
Delgado Granados fears the last three glaciers in Mexico will likely melt completely within five years due to climate change.
He says temperatures in the Mexico City valley have gone up by an average 2.14 degrees in recent years affecting the snow pack and ice in the mountains that cradle Mexico City where the glaciers are located.
“Industrial growth and vehicles are the main reasons,” Delgado Granados said.
The three glaciers — Citlaltépetl, Iztaccíhuatl and Popocatépetl — are in danger of being extinct unless more is done to curtail green house gases such as carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4), nitrous oxide (N2O), and synthetic fluorinated gases, according to Delgado Granados.
“Volcanoes in the area are also heating up the ground adding to the disintegration of the glaciers”
Delgado Granados stated the loss of the glaciers would hurt Mexico’s water supply, diversity and cultural heritage.
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