Chile Glacier National Park

Higher temperatures and rainfall that weaken ice walls caused part of a hanging glacier to break off at a national park in Chile's Patagonia region in an event captured on video by tourists.

Chile said Saturday it is creating a vast national park to protect hundreds of glaciers that are melting due to climate change.

Higher temperatures and rainfall that weaken ice walls caused part of a hanging glacier to break off at a national park in Chile's Patagonia region in an event captured on video by tourists.

Chile said Saturday it is creating a vast national park to protect hundreds of glaciers that are melting due to climate change.