Climate change as a matter of fact in the Cordillera Blanca region of Peru

In Peru’s Deserts, MeltingGlaciers Are a Godsend(Until They’re Gone).  (The New York Times, 11/26/2017)

In this part of Peru, climate change has been a blessing — but it may become a curse. In recent decades, accelerating glacial melt in the Andes has enabled a gold rush downstream, contributing to the irrigation and cultivation of more than 100,000 acres of land since the 1980s. Continue reading the main story 

Yet the boon is temporary. The flow of water is already declining as the glacier vanishes, and scientists estimate that by 2050 much of the icecap will be gone.

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