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Scientists (that’s what the CNN article calls them) have solved the mystery of the missing Chilean lake I posted about two weeks ago:

A buildup of water opened a crack in an ice wall along one side of the lake.

Water flowed through the crack into a nearby fjord and from there into the sea, leaving behind a dry lake-bed littered with icebergs, scientists told Chilean state television Tuesday.

CNN reported that Andres Rivera, a glacier expert who lead the team of scientists investigating the missing lake, said that the lake’s disappearance was evidence of global warming.

I don’t know if "global warming" was the phrase Rivera used, or if that is what the reporter chose. At any rate, it is my understanding that the currently accepted theory in the scientific community is not that we are undergoing global warming, but rather global climate change. I know I am just being picky, but I wish the correct terminology was used in scientific articles.