The Perito Moreno Glacier is suffering an ‘irreversible’ retreat after losing nearly 2,000 meters in seven years

20 Puede 2025, 12:15

In southern Argentina, bordering Chile, lies South America’s most famous glacier: Perito Moreno. In 2024, nearly 700,000 people gazed out from the walkways of Los Glaciares National Park, from where they could glimpse the end of this imposing 260-square-kilometer (100 square miles) ice giant. This year, visitors were surprised by the collapse of larger-than-usual ice sheets, which even temporarily blocked the dock from which boats depart. These are one sign, but not the only one, of the progressive loss of mass that Perito Moreno has been experiencing since 2018, when it ceased to be in equilibrium and began a retreat that scientists consider “irreversible.” In the last seven years, its margins have shrunk by almost 2,000 meters, and the walls are losing height at an ever-increasing rate.

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