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How does the Chacaltaya glacier in Bolivia completely vanish if the world is cooling?

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This is a question to those people with the "We're cooling since 1998, or 2005, or last Tuesday..." line. How is it that the Chacaltaya glacier has disappeared totally at least six years ahead of feared if the globe is in a cooling phase? The Bolivian glacier is a vital fresh water source for La Paz and (previously) the World's highest ski-run. It also helps (helped) feed the region's hydro power scheme, which is the major energy producer. This is a terrible acceleration which if anything proves once again that many warming estimations are far too conservative. http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601130&sid=a5uefC1W0_bY So Didier Drogba and Dax O, you think the fact that the atmosphere has warmed to the point that an 18,000 year old glacier has totally gone isn't any kind of problem? I wonder what the people of La Paz think about your throwaway dismissal of the loss of a full third of their water supply? By the way, the fact that it obviously got warm enough to start melting and STAYED warm enough to melt completely would surely indicate that any claims of a cooling period are ridiculous. BB and Jagsfan, that's totally untrue. Why do denialists point to the tiny fraction of glaciers that aren't receeding and try to say there's a balance? In all regions of the world with Glaciers, almost all are retreating very rapidly. By the way, neither of you even attempted to answer the question. Why has this glacier totally vanished if the world is cooling, as many AGW denialists are claiming?

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I love these people who say "some glaciers are growing and others are melting". Sure, it's true, but about 90% are retreating. http://climateprogress.org/2009/01/30/world%E2%80%99s-glaciers-shrink-for-18th-year-in-alps-andes/ They're retreating because the planet is warming. It's really not a difficult concept! http://data.giss.nasa.gov/gistemp/graphs/Fig.A2.lrg.gif

HELP!!!?? WHAT IS THE LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE OF CHACALTAYA GLACIER BOLIVIA!!!?

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Please i need the answer ASAP 10 POINTS!!!

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The CHACALTAYA GLACIER in BOLIVIA, actually no longer exists. It melted away a few years ago. The Chacaltaya Mountain, however is still there and is located at 16°21′12″S 68°07′53″W [Chacaltaya peak]

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