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And, you know, the glaciers there, alex, in peru, the sub prop c tropical blaglaciers, we don't think of high elevation. that makes 70% of the earth's high elevation glaciers. so the listeners can understand, the importance of ice is it reflects the incoming solar radiation. we need that white. what's really cool, cities around the earth are very seriously contemplating painting all their rooftops white to mimic or emulate the missing sea ice and reflect the radiation back to outer space. >> okay. well, this is a good geology and environmental lesson. thank you very much for your insight. dr. ...