Findings published last month in the journal Global Change Biology portend a difficult path to rural agricultural adaptation in the tropical Andes and drastically reduced crop yields at a time of ...

In the most comprehensive study of its kind, biologists have found that tropical and subtropical forests across South America's Andes Mountains are responding to warming temperatures by migrating ...

A team of American and Ecuadorian scientists has discovered two new species of glassfrogs in the Tropical Andes of Ecuador. Glassfrogs are known for their translucent undersides which reveal their ...

In a study conducted by the University of Wisconsin’s Proglacial Lab, Dr. Shaun Marcott’s team has discovered that tropical glaciers in the Andes Mountains are now smaller than they have been at any ...

Science Tropical Glaciers in the Andes Are the Smallest They’ve Been in 11,700 Years Four different glaciers along the Andes range no longer have hospitable conditions.

A new study that explores ancient temperatures and rainfall patterns in the tropical Andes of South America has revealed how 16,000 years of climate history in this part of the world was driven by ...

The Andes Mountains of South America are home to 99 percent of tropical glaciers ­— permanent rivers of ice at high enough elevations not to be affected by the types of balmy temperatures ...

Tough times lie ahead for rural farmers growing the Andes' staple crops -- corn and potatoes. Kenneth Feeley, the Smathers Chair of Tropical Tree Biology in the University of Miami's Department of ...

The study, "Global Climate Change Increases Risk of Crop Yield Losses and Food Insecurity in the Tropical Andes" was published in the journal Global Change Biology.

Nicolás Cuvi, The Tropical Andes, RCC Perspectives, No. 7, New Environmental Histories of Latin America and the Caribbean (2013), pp. 25-32 ...

Within the last 30 years, glaciers of the tropical Andes have receded greatly, putting water source for millions at risk.

A moraine chronology determined by surface exposure dating shows that glaciers in the northern tropical Andes expanded to a larger extent during the Antarctic cold reversal (14,500 to 12,900&nbsp ...