Climate in the Peruvian Andes: From early humans to modern challenges
Friday, June 7, 2013 - 07:30
in Earth & Climate
(Phys.org) —Twice humans have witnessed the wasting of snow and ice from Peru's tallest volcano, Nevado Coropuna—In the waning of the last ice age, some 12,000 years ago, and today, as industrial carbon dioxide in the air raises temperatures again. As in the past, Coropuna's retreating glaciers figure prominently in the lives of people below.