Peru’s drive for critical minerals threatens a disappearing glacier

Mongabay
Nov 6, 2026, 1:21 pm121 ptsTrending
Like many in the community of Phinaya, in southeastern Peru, Donato Bermúdez makes his living from alpacas. His flock of 500 roams the slopes beneath the vast Quelccaya glacier, the site of the second-largest tropical ice cap in the world. Reaching 5,600 meters (18,400 feet), its white peak is home to…

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