Postcards: In South America’s Andes, a shrinking Lake Titicaca rings climate alarm bell
MONICA MACHICAO and SERGIO LIMACHI, of Reuters, report on the impact of a long spell of drought on South America’s largest body of fresh water…
South America’s Lake Titicaca nears record low water level as El Nino bites
Lima, PeruReuters The water level at Lake Titicaca on the Peru-Bolivia border is edging towards a record low, exacerbated by the weather phenomenon known as El Nino that is expected to get still more intense in coming months. The waters of the sprawling freshwater lake nestled in the Andes mountains have fallen an average 4 […]
More than half of the world’s large lakes are drying up, study finds
London, UKReuters More than half of the world’s large lakes and reservoirs have shrunk since the early 1990s, chiefly because of climate change, intensifying concerns about water for agriculture, hydropower and human consumption, a study published on Thursday found. A team of international researchers reported that some of the world’s most important freshwater sources – […]