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Peruvian glaciers reduce by 30% due to climate change

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Updated: 2010-03-28 14:54
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LIMA - The Peruvian glaciers have reduced by 30 percent in the last 30 years as a result of climate change, a group of specialists warned Saturday on Peru's radio station Radio Programmes of Peru.

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According to one of the specialists, the decrease of the ice caps has caused that those glaciers retain less water, and therefore less water available for the population. Moreover, Bernex Nicol, director of Research Center of Catholic University, warned about the waste of water from rivers which end to the Pacific sea, caused by deforestation of the springs in the Northern Andes.

"We see that in our territory, which is mega-diverse, there are many-induced climate change. Not only global climate change. Over 50 percent of the springs in the northern Andes are being reduced by deforestation," said the specialist.

It is reported that there are so far 10 million people without access to drinking water in Peru.
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