Catastrophic Drought Looms for Capital City of Bolivia

Catastrophic Drought Looms for Capital City of Bolivia
Fri, 12 Nov 2010 10:06:00 -0600

Catastrophic drought is on the near-term horizon for the capital city of Bolivia, according to new research into the historical ecology of the Andes.

If temperatures rise more than 1.5 to 2 degrees Celsius (3 to 5 degrees Fahrenheit) above those of modern times, parts of Peru and Bolivia will become a desert-like setting.

The change would be disastrous for the water supply and agricultural capacity of the two million inhabitants of La Paz, Bolivia's capital city, ...

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