Threats to Water Supplies in the Tropical Andes
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- 23 June 2006
- journal article
- perspective
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 312 (5781) , 1755-1756
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1128087
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.Keywords
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