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Andes Mountains

Melting Ice Caps Could Bring Dormant Volcanoes to Life, Research from the Chilean Andes Shows

In a feedback of fire and ice, thinning ice sheets over geologic hot spots could allow more eruptions, while increased volcanic activity may speed the meltdown.

By Bob Berwyn

A view of the Nevados de Chillán volcano during an eruptive pulse in Las Trancas, Chile, on April 6, 2018. Credit: Martin Bernetti/AFP via Getty Images
Siphon pipes lead up the mountain to Laguna Palcacocha, a swollen glacial lake in the Andes mountain range in the Ancash Region of Peru on Wednesday, July 12, 2017. The siphons were installed to reduce the volume of the lake and to try and prevent a dam rupture but were damaged in the recent icefall an only two still work. Credit: Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images

For a City Staring Down the Barrel of a Climate-Driven Flood, A New Study Could be the Smoking Gun

By Bob Berwyn

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