Lima, Peru: Can A Metropolis Die Of Thirst?
July 18th, 2012
Courtesy of GlobalPost, a report on how climate change imperils sprawling Lima, already one of the world’s driest cities: The Santa Rosita kindergarten appears like an oasis of color amid the grays and browns of Huaycan, a grim Lima shantytown sprawling upwards into the dusty Andean foothills. Yet appearances could not be more deceiving. The [...]
Read more »Melting Glaciers = Rising Tensions: Peruvians Fight for Their Right to Water
October 10th, 2010
Courtesy of Columbia University’s Earth Institute, a report on recent violence which erupted in Peru over water. As the article notes: A Peruvian man sits in front a lake fed by melt from the Andean glaciers, seen in the background. (Source: Wikimedia, September 2008) Last week, on September 17, one man was killed and 18 [...]
Read more »Hijacking A River: Peru’s Water Tensions Boil Over Into Climate Change Strikes
September 21st, 2010
Courtesy of The Guardian, a report on an unfolding in the Peruvian region of Espinar, where people are outraged about a proposed irrigation scheme that will deprive them of water. As the article notes: “…The plan was to go from the Four Lakes district in Peru’s Cusco province up to the communities in the Espinar [...]
Read more »Melting Andean Glaciers May Leave South America High & Dry
May 7th, 2008
According to a recent report, about 99 percent of the Chacaltaya glacier in Bolivia has disappeared since 1940. Such loss of glaciers in the Andes mountain range is threatening the water supply of 30 million people in Peru, Bolivia, and Ecuador, leaving mountain communities, agriculture, and entire ecosystems high and dry. For example, as noted [...]
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