By Olivia Berntsson, theowp.org: Bolivia’s Tuni glacier has shrunk rapidly over the past decade, now putting the nation’s capital city in a critical water shortage. Located in the heart of South America, the landlocked country experiences low rainfall and regular droughts. The 800,000 citizens of La Paz have depended on water from the glaciers of the…
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Wanderlust: Lake Titicaca
Felicity Williams, The Yorker: In a world where leaving the house has become a novelty, travelling abroad has become but a distant memory. Yet, the world is still an incredible place to call home, though we cannot see it in the flesh. To help kickstart your post-Covid bucket list, here is everything you should know…
Bolivia’s Tuni glacier is disappearing, and so is the water it supplies
Monica Machicao, Reuters: LA PAZ (Reuters) – Bolivia’s Tuni glacier is disappearing faster than initially anticipated, according to scientists in the Andean nation, a predicament that will likely make worse water shortages already plaguing the capital La Paz, just 60 km away. Scientists from the Universidad Mayor de San Andrés (UMSA), who monitor the Tuni…
Alerta hidrológica – Hydrological alert
ABI, Los Tiempos: Senamhi issues hydrological alert notice with possible overflows of five basins The National Meteorology and Hydrology Service (Senamhi) issued this Thursday the hydrological alert notice of orange priority until January 2 next with possible overflows of the Mamoré, Beni, Madre de Dios, Acre and Tahuamanu basins, in the Amazon region of the…
Nuevas Especies – Zongo – New Species
Pagina Siete: 20 species new to science found in the Zongo Valley Among the twenty finds are the Yope mountain viper, the Bolivian flag snake and the Liliputian frog. “It is a milestone for science,” according to experts. Hallan 20 especies nuevas para la ciencia en el valle de Zongo Entre la veintena de hallazgos…
Navidad – 2020 – Christmas
Luis Escobar, Página Siete: Jesus children with a doctor’s suit and chinstrap to ask for 0 infections Craftswomen make biosecurity accessories to dress the images. Some lost family members to the pandemic or caught the virus. “The Covid-19 pandemic took our family, brothers and friends. I lost my son and it hurts a lot, “said…
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