Peru’s Quelccaya glacier could disappear within 10 years, specialist says

Peru’s Quelccaya glacier, the largest in the tropics, could disappear within 10 years, Jose Machare, a climate change specialist at Peru’s Geological Society told state news agency Andina. Studies of Quelccaya during the last 30 years have found the glacier retreated at an average rate of 6 meters per year during the first 15 years [...]

Barbara Fraser interviews Ohio State glaciologist Lonnie Thompson about the implications of global climate change on Peru’s melting glaciers

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World Bank approves $330 million loan to help Peru mitigate climate change

The World Bank Board of Executive Directors approved a $330 million loan Tuesday to help Peru’s recently created Environment Ministry improve and strengthen the environmental management of key sectors such as mining, urban transport and biodiversity conservation. “The World Bank has decided to support Peru resolutely in the implementation of environmental policies permitting sustainable development,” [...]

Quilca Mountain’s snow-covered peak has completely melted away: climate change blamed

Just two years after residents and local authorities first sounded the alarm, climate change is being blamed for the complete disappearance of Quilca Mountain’s snow cap, state news agency Andina reported Monday. “There is no snow left,” said Omar Velásquez, an administrative irrigation technician employed by the San Román Agrarian Agency, located in the highland [...]