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Climate (campaign title)
Climate change impacts
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Climate Glacial Retreat Documentation Peru

Members of Greenpeace expedition documenting melting glaciers, Yanamarey glacier, Cordillera Blanca, Peru. According to research by the Peruvian Institute of National Resources the glaciers of Peru have lost more then 22 percent of their mass in the past 27 years.Peruvian people depend on glaciers for their fresh water supply in the dry season. With the glaciers disappearing millions will be at risk. 
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Glacier Retreat Documentation in Peru

Thousands of people in the mountains of Peru are having their lives affected by climate change which is causing the region's glaciers to melt. In the last three decades, Peruvian Andes glaciers have lost almost a quarter of their area. During the dry season, river water comes exclusively from the glaciers, which melt naturally at that time of year. They then replenish themselves in the wet season. But this balance has been upset the glaciers are melting faster than they can replenish themselves. As they thaw, dozens of new lakes spread all over the highland which could lead to devastating floods. 
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Unique identifier: GP0CSQ 
Type: Image 
Shoot date: 12/12/2004 
Locations: Cordillera Blanca, Peru, South America
Credit line: © Greenpeace / Daniel Beltrá 
Size: 3264px × 2448px     4.80 MB 
Ranking: ★★★★ (E)