Scientists install glacier station in Cuzco

Peruvian scientists have installed a station 5,180 meters above sea level on the Quisoquipina glacier in Cuzco department to measure the impact of climate change, the environment ministry said. The Cuzco station is one of two that will be installed in Peru as part of the Adaptation to the Impact of the Accelerated Retreat of [...]

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

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