Rivers Blogs South America Displaying items by tag: glacier
Colombia's glaciers could disappear in 30 years
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Colombia’s glaciers are melting so fast that the country has lost more than half of its glacier mass over the past three decades due to rising temperatures linked to climate change, according to a report by the Colombian Institute of Hydrology, Meteorology and Environmental Studies (IDEAM).
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Melting glaciers: The Slow Disaster in the Andes
Measuring Glacier Change in the Himalayas (UNEP-GEAS)
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A serious lack of reliable and consistent data severely hampers scientific knowledge about the state of Himalayan glaciers. As a result, the contribution of glacial melt to the Himalayan river basins remains uncertain. This is of grave importance because declining water availability could threaten the food security of more than 70 million people...
Koksoak River Environment: From the Perspective of Kuujjuamiut
Final Report presented to the Northern Ecosystem Initiative – Environment Canada - March 2009
Renewable Resources, Environmental and Land Use Planning Department Kativik Regional Government
The Gathering Storm - Melting Glaciers (Sagarmatha - Everest basin)
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