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Melting in the Andes: Goodbye glaciers

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Researchers are racing to determine how shrinking glaciers in the Andes will affect the water supply of millions of people.

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Fraser, B. Melting in the Andes: Goodbye glaciers. Nature 491, 180–182 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1038/491180a

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