From the summit of Huascarán, the highest mountain in Earth’s tropics, the valleys of the western Andes look placid and peaceful—calming, even. The signs of climate change—of the melting glaciers throughout the Andes, of the changes to the local villages’ water supplies—are not immediately evident.
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Source: Phys.org