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 ...

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. Journal.

Tropical trees in the Andes are moving up -- toward extinction Date: November 14, 2018 Source: University of Miami Summary: In the most comprehensive study of its kind, biologists have found that ...

A new study found that Andean tropical glaciers have reached their lowest levels in 11,700 years, with drastic consequences for the Amazon due to the overlap of the two ecosystems.

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 ...

Andes glaciers are vanishing at unprecedented rates, study says Part of the Pastoruri glacier is seen atop Peru's Cordillera Blanca, or Karel Navarro / AP file Jan. 22, 2013, 4:53 PM EST ...

With glaciers marking its tip, active volcanoes running along its spine, snow-capped peaks rising high above its range, both wet and dry tropical rainforests within its interior, and desert ...

The Andes, which stretch over South America’s western side, pass through Venezuela, Colombia, Bolivia, Argentina and Chile. Not all the glaciers in the Andes are considered tropical.

Glaciers in the tropical Andes have shrunk by 30-50% since the 1970s, according to a study. The glaciers, which provide fresh water for tens of millions in South America, are retreating at their ...

The glaciers of the Andes Mountains have retreated at an unprecedented rate in the past three decades, with more ice lost than at any other time in the last 400 years.