{"id":26955,"date":"2008-04-29T11:34:00","date_gmt":"2008-04-29T11:34:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2020-05-14T18:36:45","modified_gmt":"2020-05-14T18:36:45","slug":"1955-melting-andean-glaciers-threaten-water-supply-to-3-million-people","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/uncategorized\/1955-melting-andean-glaciers-threaten-water-supply-to-3-million-people\/","title":{"rendered":"Melting Andean glaciers threaten water supply to 30 million people"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>About 99% of the Chacaltaya glacier in Bolivia has disappeared since 1940, the Environment News Service reported World Bank engineer Walter Vergara as writing in a new report, &quot;The Impacts of Climate Change in Latin America.&quot;<\/p>\n<div class=\"ArwC7c ckChnd\" id=\"1epp\">\n&quot;The greenhouse gases are the main driver,&quot; Vergara said. &quot;The scientific community has a consensus &#8211; this is manmade.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>Large cities in the region depend on glacial runoffs for their water supply. Power supplies also will be affected as most countries in the<br \/>\nAndes are dependent on hydroelectric power generation. Vergara estimates that the economic consequences of glacier retreat are enormous, running into billions of dollars for the power sector alone.<\/p>\n<p>See <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ens-newswire.com\/ens\/apr2008\/2008-04-28-01.asp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">full story <\/a><\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ens-newswire.com\/ens\/apr2008\/2008-04-28-01.asp\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Since 1970, glaciers in the Andes have lost 20% of their volume, says a study by Peru&#8217;s National Meteorology and Hydrology Service, which adds lower altitude glaciers could disappear in the next 10 years, threatening the water supplies of 30 million 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