Article 6MN1H Venezuela loses its last glacier as it shrinks down to an ice field

Venezuela loses its last glacier as it shrinks down to an ice field

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Neelima Vallangi
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Scientists reclassify Humboldt glacier, also known as La Corona, after it melted faster than expected

Venezuela has lost its last remaining glacier after it shrunk so much that scientists reclassified it as an ice field.

It is thought Venezuela is the first country to have lost all its glaciers in modern times.

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