Andes face glacial meltdown
This article was first posted on the Guardian’s Comment is free Glaciers in Peru are melting so quickly that by 2015 almost all of them may have disappeared. This is not just a problem for Peru but for...
View ArticleAdios Chacaltaya
One of Bolivia’s best known glaciers, Chacaltaya, has melted away completely, reports John Enders: Chacaltaya (the name in Aymara means ”cold road”) began melting in the mid-1980s. Dr. Edson Ramirez,...
View ArticleThe effect of a retreating Andean glacier on Peruvian communities
The World Bank considers mountain ecosystems in the Andes to be one of four climate hotspots in Latin America alongside the coral biome in the Caribbean, wetlands in the Gulf of Mexico and the Amazon...
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Andean mountain ecosystems and climate change adaptation
By Adam Kotin and Emily Kirkland, Brown University Climate change presents unique challenges in mountainous regions, especially the Andean regions of Chile and Peru. Retreating glaciers threaten...
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Melting Glaciers and Looming Water Shortages in Peru
This article by Emily Kirkland, Brown University, focuses on efforts to adapt to climate change in Peru. In Huaraz, she sat down with government officials and local farmers to talk about what glacial...
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Books on Latin America and the Caribbean and climate change and the environment
The following book list includes texts focusing on Latin America and the Caribbean and climate change and the environment. The books address some of the most critical socio-environmental issues of the...
View ArticleMelting glaciers: The Slow Disaster in the Andes
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