High (and Dry) Andes
Climate change could take a devastating toll on Andean agriculture within 20 years, as glaciers dry up and rainfall levels become more erratic. This story from the Lima paper La República suggests the damage could be much greater than El Niño events that periodically shatter Andean economies. El Niño tends to cause drought in the Andean highlands and floods along the coast; from the sound of it, global warming would cause pretty much constant drought in the Andes.
(Photo: Maras, Peru, 2007)
Que bonita foto ... me recuerda de lugares en la sierra de mi país
Posted by: Abner de Cuenca en Chicago | May 15, 2008 at 08:41 PM