"Arropando" glaciares para evitar su derretimiento

«Arropando» glaciares para evitar su derretimiento

26 de septiembre de 2015 - 11:25 a. m.

TO GO WITH AFP STORY BY NINA LARSON (FILES) A file picture taken on July 14, 2015 shows blankets wrapping up the Rhone Glacier which has been shrinking under the summer sun near Gletsch. From afar, the Rhone glacier looks pristine, but on closer inspection the surface is covered with white blankets to slow the melting of the rapidly retreating ice. AFP PHOTO / FABRICE COFFRINI

AFP - FABRICE COFFRINI

In this photograph taken on June 11, 2015, visitors walk up the Thajiwas glacier, a popular destination for Indian tourists, as they prepare to sledge down it in Sonamarg in Kashmir. At the height of the summer heat in India, domestic tourists flock to cooler climates in the northern states. AFP PHOTO / ALEX OGLE

AFP - Alex Ogle

To go with NEPAL-JAPAN-QUAKE-MOUNTAINEERING,FOCUS BY Paavan MATHEMA (FILES) - A file picture taken on April 26, 2015 shows a sign showing the way to Everest Base Camp high in the Khumbu Glacier, one day after an earthquake-triggered avalanche swept through parts of the base camp killing scores of people. Ang Kami Sherpa is one of Nepal's most experienced ice doctors -- the mountaineers who brave the treacherous Khumbu icefall to prepare it for the climbing season -- but even he is more nervous than usual this time round. AFP PHOTO/ROBERTO SCHMIDT/FILES

AFP - ROBERTO SCHMIDT

TO GO WITH AFP STORY BY NINA LARSON (FILES) A file picture taken on July 14, 2015 shows a tourist taking pictures as he visits an ice cave inside the Rhone Glacier near Gletsch. From afar, the Rhone glacier looks pristine, but on closer inspection the surface is covered with white blankets to slow the melting of the rapidly retreating ice. AFP PHOTO / FABRICE COFFRINI

AFP - FABRICE COFFRINI

TO GO WITH AFP STORY BY NINA LARSON (FILES) A file picture taken on July 14, 2015 shows a woman practicing ice climbing on the Rhone Glacier covered with blankets to be protected from the sun, near Gletsch. From afar, the Rhone glacier looks pristine, but on closer inspection the surface is covered with white blankets to slow the melting of the rapidly retreating ice. AFP PHOTO / FABRICE COFFRINI

AFP - FABRICE COFFRINI

TO GO WITH AFP STORY BY NINA LARSON (FILES) A file picture taken on July 14, 2015 shows tourists posing and taking pictures of the Rhone Glacier near Gletsch. From afar, the Rhone glacier looks pristine, but on closer inspection the surface is covered with white blankets to slow the melting of the rapidly retreating ice. AFP PHOTO / FABRICE COFFRINI

AFP - FABRICE COFFRINI

TO GO WITH AFP STORY BY NINA LARSON (FILES) A file picture taken on July 14, 2015 shows traces of 19th century bed of the Rhone Glacier near Gletsch. From afar, the Rhone glacier looks pristine, but on closer inspection the surface is covered with white blankets to slow the melting of the rapidly retreating ice. AFP PHOTO / FABRICE COFFRINI

AFP - FABRICE COFFRINI

TO GO WITH AFP STORY BY NINA LARSON (FILES) A file picture taken on July 14, 2015 shows tourists walking to visit an ice cave next to blankets wrapping up the Rhone Glacier which has been shrinking under the summer sun near Gletsch. From afar, the Rhone glacier looks pristine, but on closer inspection the surface is covered with white blankets to slow the melting of the rapidly retreating ice. AFP PHOTO / FABRICE COFFRINI

AFP - FABRICE COFFRINI

TO GO WITH AFP STORY BY NINA LARSON (FILES) A file picture taken on July 14, 2015 shows people standing next to the Rhone Glacier which have been wrapped up with blankets as a protection from the sun near Gletsch. From afar, the Rhone glacier looks pristine, but on closer inspection the surface is covered with white blankets to slow the melting of the rapidly retreating ice. AFP PHOTO / FABRICE COFFRINI

AFP - FABRICE COFFRINI

TO GO WITH AFP STORY BY NINA LARSON (FILES) A file picture taken on July 14, 2015 shows tourists walking on the Rhone Glacier covered with blankets to be protected from the sun, near Gletsch. From afar, the Rhone glacier looks pristine, but on closer inspection the surface is covered with white blankets to slow the melting of the rapidly retreating ice. AFP PHOTO / FABRICE COFFRINI

AFP - FABRICE COFFRINI

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