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Venezuela Becomes First Country to Lose All Glaciers
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Venezuela has lost its final glacier in the Sierra Nevada de Mérida mountain range. This loss marks a significant event, making Venezuela likely the first country in modern times to lose all its glaciers.
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- At one time, the country was home to six glaciers, but by 2011, five had vanished, leaving only the Humboldt glacier, also called La Corona, near Pico Humboldt.
- Initially, scientists believed the Humboldt glacier would endure for another decade. However, the glacier had melted much faster than anticipated. Its size had dwindled to less than 2 hectares, prompting its reclassification from a glacier to an ice field.
- Unfortunately, Venezuela is not alone in facing this crisis. Indonesia's Papua island, Mexico, and Slovenia are among the next countries expected to become glacier-free.
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