Andes Meltdown: New Insights Into Rapidly Retreating Glaciers

Yale e360
Jan 30, 2020, 5:00 am126 pts
Using satellite data, scientists are documenting the inexorable melting of South America’s glaciers and ice fields, with Andean glaciers thinning by nearly three feet a year since 2000. The loss of ice poses a threat to water supplies and agriculture from Bolivia to Chile. Read more on E360 →

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