Andean Glaciers Retreat

A recent OxFam study outlined the dire consequences of continued glacial retreat in the Andes from global warming. The picture enclosed shows the retreat of a key Bolivian glacier since 1940. Click on this text to access an article that summarizes the report. Here is a quick quote from the article: "Focusing in on the Cordillera Blanca in Peru, which contains 26 percent of the world’s tropical glaciers, researcher Edward Sprang reports that the area covered by glaciers shrunk more than 15 percent in the last half of the 20th century."