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Peru Glacier Retreat Caused by Rising Temperatures, Study Finds [1]

Peru’s Quelccaya ice cap, the world’s largest tropical ice sheet, is shrinking because of rising temperatures, according to a study by Dartmouth College.

Publication Date: 
27/02/2014
Bloomberg [2]
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Peru [3], Climate Change [4], Global Warming [5], Glacial Melt [6], Climate Impacts [7], Glaciers [8]
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