What starts in the Amazon doesn’t stay there: Fires melting Andes glaciers

Mongabay
Jan 29, 2020, 12:21 pm253 pts
The Zongo Glacier, analyzed in this study, sits atop Bolivia’s Huanya Potosi Mountain. Image in the Public Domain. Fires in the Amazon may be melting Andean mountain glaciers at an increased rate, according to a study published in Scientific Reports. Smoke plumes billow from Amazon forest fires and travel…

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