The North Pole is melting as a result global warmingand it does it much faster than the rest of the planet. Now, an action by an explorer from Malaga to raise awareness of this fact has sparked heated debate. The reason is the transfer Greenland one to Malaga iceberg to let it melt on a central street To illustrate the effects of climate change in the Andalusian capital.
A junior team Cancer survivors travel to Malagas Greenland To be witness dissolution has occurred in the last five years. Malaga explorer Manuel Calvo leads the group, which includes his two sons. traveled with them Five young people between the ages of 15 and 17Melanie, Julia, Nora, Alex and Edu.
about this eighth time This 56-year-old explorer from Malaga travels to Greenland, a huge Danish island. document and warn of its effects global warming, especially in the Arctic, which is warming almost four times faster than the rest of the world.
The trip started and lasted on July 17 17 daysLa Opinión de Málaga is a place where they can also travel the south of the island by canoe, as it is a region full of inflatable boats and, at some stages, fjords.
Together on this journey inuit, They are commonly known as Eskimos, and these indigenous peoples slept in tents and private homes in the ice cover.
They traveled on their journey 300 kilometers south of Greenland and have obtained scientific evidence to refer to. University of Malaga.
The iceberg at the center of the controversy
The most original and striking aspect of the trip was the part that also caused controversy. The ‘Desafío Ártico’ team, supported by the Dingonatura Foundation and the Malaga State Council, brought a clear message to Spain: HE Arctic it melts and you have to save it. And to prove it, expedition members They brought a 15,000-pound iceberg to Malaga. This huge piece of ice is already in the capital, in a container. It is cooled to 22 degrees below zero.
“Bringing an iceberg to Spain will soon help them see from here something hard to find even in the Arctic,” explains Manuel Calvo, who leads the group and is convened by Europa Press.
will be one now a set of educational and didactic activities allows us to continue to influence the need to care for the environment. The purpose is citizens See how the iceberg is melting in first person To raise awareness about the phenomenon of global warming.
“They’re laughing at climate change”
Ecologists from In Action condemn this action and describe it as follows:It is one of the projects that laugh the most about combating climate change,” he said.
Contributes to the ‘Arctic Challenge’ expedition for this platform “To the melting of the Arctic and wasting energy”Says Carmen Segura, a member of Ecologytas en Acción Ciudad de Málaga.
Containers are needed to keep the iceberg at -20ºC, this is Segura’s “another waste of energy and an insult to the climate struggle”.
According to Ecoologists in Action Ciudad de Málaga, this piece of ice will be exposed. “In the middle of Larios street”: “To raise awareness of the importance of water, we seem to have drawn tens of cubic meters of water from the Viñuela reservoir and let it evaporate in the middle of Calle Larios. The team has returned to Malaga since Friday, 28 July.” complaint.
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