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Peru says country's glaciers shrank 40 pct in 4 decades from climate change [1]

Climate change has shrunk Peruvian glaciers by 40 percent in the past four decades and the melt-off has spawned nearly 1,000 new high-altitude lakes since 1980, Peru's government said on Wednesday.

Publication Date: 
16/10/2014
Reuters [2]
Tags:
Climate Change [3], Climate Impacts [4], Peru [5], Glacial Melt [6], Global Warming [7], Glaciers [8], Water Resources [9], Drinking Water [10]

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[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/reuters
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/climate-change
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/climate-impacts
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/peru
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/glacial-melt
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/global-warming
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/glaciers
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/water-resources
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/drinking-water