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Water supplies from glaciers may peak sooner than anticipated

The world’s glaciers may contain less water than previously believed, a new study has found, suggesting that freshwater supplies could peak sooner than anticipated for millions of people worldwide who depend on glacial melt for drinking water, crop irrigation and everyday use.

Witnessing Peru’s enduring, if altered, snow star festival
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Witnessing Peru’s enduring, if altered, snow star festival

Rising temperatures and melting glaciers have changed key aspects of the age-old Peruvian festival of Qoyllur Rit’i. Still, the celebrations persist.
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High mountain ‘water towers’ are in trouble
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High mountain ‘water towers’ are in trouble

These high "water towers" provide a huge percentage of global fresh water, but climate change and geopolitical stresses endanger their existence.
Climate change could destroy his home in Peru. So he sued an energy company in Germany.
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Climate change could destroy his home in Peru. So he sued an energy company in Germany.

Local communities are taking the world's largest polluters to court.

In Peru’s deserts, melting glaciers are a godsend (until they’re gone)
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In Peru’s deserts, melting glaciers are a godsend (until they’re gone)

Accelerating glacial melt in the Andes caused by climate change has set off a gold rush downstream, letting the desert bloom. But as the ice vanishes, the vast farms below may do the same.
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