What is some information of the glaciers in Peru?

Question

Are there glaciers on top of the Andes Mountain, and if there is, is there anything important people need to know?

Answer 1

Hi

Globally, mountain glaciers are undergoing rapid and widespread retreat, with potentially devastating effects for water resources. Tropical glaciers in the Andes  are particularly important because they are at the headwaters of hydrologic systems that provide water for much of the world’s population.

Water and glaciers are a critical component of daily life in this region which has the highest density of glaciers in the tropics. Here water is not only used for domestic purposes but also for agriculture and hydroelectric power generation, and the glaciers are a major tourist destination.

Examples can include the Glaciers of  Pastoruri (40 percent of Pastoruri has melted in the past 10 years) and Broggi (disapeared in 2005).

Look at these links below.

http://www.terradaily.com/reports/Peruvi...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/america...

http://www.peopleandplanet.net/doc.php?i...

http://pubs.usgs.gov/prof/p1386i/peru/in...

I hope that will help!