Global warming is a reality all over the world, and over the decades it has been possible to trace the causes of many problems in the contemporary world to climate change being one of them. Spain is not far behind in the enormous list of countries that are not Coping with natural disasters such as drought, fires and damage…but also Loss of natural heritage.
This is the case Lyon Glacier in Traslambreonwhich has been enjoyed for centuries More than ten hectares of snow and iceToday, its pure white color remains with minor spots. Leonese Mountain is part of the Picos de Europa that is facing absolute decline, and there is no doubt that human actions have exacerbated its decline.
Scientist Javier Santos, a specialist in glaciers and geography at the University of Lyon, confirmed the situation in statements reported by El Pais newspaper, saying, “A hit on a unique element of natural heritage, “The helicopters in Picos de Europa are very valuable items.”
Having an ice certificate
Scientists and experts have analyzed various existing images of the deceased glacier. Thus they were able to prove the decrease in ice mass Ten hectares between the fourteenth and nineteenth centuries, to two hectares at the beginning of the twenty-first century, To half a hectare by 2023, and finally Presence of ice certificate (a block 15 meters long and 15 meters wide), by October 2025.
All this means only one thing, Trasllambrión is free of ice for the first time in about 700 years. From the research group Geopat (Geomorphology, Landscapes and Lands) they point out that due to the current warming, the glaciers we still have in Spain, the ones in the Pyrenees, It may disappear between 2030 and 2050.
However, it is worth highlighting, as Javier Santos also explains in the data collected by the same medium, that It is difficult to predict the future. In 2010, the glaciers in the Picos de Europa showed slight signs of optimism given the abundance of snow at the time, as well as flakes in the spring and fall, but now “The trend is negative.”
Ice Age in Spain
Scientists add salt to the wound by reminding us of this in the Sil valleys and Villabellino regions “There were glaciers 40 kilometers across and 300 meters thick.” And that during the Little Ice Age glaciers were born in Spain and in the Alps.