kateoplis: The front of the San Rafael Glacier, which has retreated by about eight miles since reaching its maximum extent around 1870. From The New York Times: On Sunday, a group of British and Swedish scientists published new calculations for the great ice fields of Patagonia, the southern-most section of South America. They were able to map out... - <a rel="nofollow" href="http://taoofcoffee.tumblr... ; title="http://taoofcoffee.tumblr... ;