Peru's shrinking glaciers spark fears of water crisis

Peru’s White Mountain Range may soon have to change its name because rising temperatures are fast melting the ice atop Cordillera Blanca, the largest glacier chain in the tropics, and peaks are turning brown.

Peru's shrinking glaciers spark fears of water crisis

Peru’s White Mountain Range may soon have to change its name because rising temperatures are fast melting the ice atop Cordillera Blanca, the largest glacier chain in the tropics, and peaks are turning brown.

The trend is highlighting fears of global warming and, scientists say, endangering future water supplies to the arid coast where most Peruvians live.

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