Andes glacier melt threatens Amazon’s rivers & intensifies droughts Story by Mongabay • 1mo By Amanda Magnani After two consecutive years of record-breaking droughts, the river levels in the ...

A recent study has revealed that tropical glaciers in the Andes mountains of Colombia, Peru, and Bolivia have shrunk to their smallest size in over 11,700 years, marking an unprecedented retreat ...

Both the Argentine and the Chilean governments recognize permafrost as a strategic freshwater reserve which, in times of ...

Climate change is melting away glaciers around the world, but in the Andes Mountains, a wild relative of the llama is helping ...

This is despite concerns over the movement and proposed conservation of portions of three glaciers. Barrick officials have been giving evidence this week to congressional environmental and mining ...

Uncover the remarkable impact of vicuñas on barren landscapes in the Andes, as they facilitate the growth of plants through ...

particularly in the Central Andes. Geophysical surveys have shown that ice-rich permafrost is not limited to rock glaciers but is also present in other permafrost landforms. This finding ...

By depositing substantial piles of dung, vicuñas are speeding up plant colonization on freshly deglaciated terrain.

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In the Andes, native camelids like alpacas, llamas, vicuñas, and guanacos impact the landscape with their social behaviors.

Relatives of the llama are dropping dung as they venture into higher elevations in the Andes Mountains, providing a nutrient-rich environment for life to thrive despite glacier loss. Climate ...