Threats to Water Supplies in the Tropical Andes

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Authors

Raymond S. Bradley · University of Massachusetts Amherst

Mathias Vuille · University of Massachusetts Amherst

Henry F. Díaz · NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory

Abstract

Climate models predict that greenhouse warming will cause temperatures to rise faster at higher than at lower altitudes. In the tropical Andes, glaciers may soon disappear, with potentially grave consequences for water supplies.

Topics & Keywords

Child Nutrition and Water Access Public Health and Environmental Issues

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Climate action

Publication Details

Published in: Science

Volume 312, Issue 5781, pp. 1755-1756

DOI: 10.1126/science.1128087

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