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World Briefing | Americas: Andean Wetlands And Cities? Water Supplies ThreatenedGlobal warming is drying up mountain lakes and wetlands in the Andes and threatening water supplies to major South American cities including La Paz, Bogotá and Quito, World Bank research shows. The risk is especially great to an Andean wetland habitat called the paramo, which supplies 80 percent of the water to Bogotá’s seven million people. Rising temperatures are causing clouds that blanket the Andes to condense at higher altitudes. Eventually this so-called dew point will miss the mountains altogether, said Walter Vergara, a World Bank climate change specialist in Latin America. The World Bank will publish details of the problem later in the year, Mr. Vergara said. Tag CloudExternal InformationAdditional InformationPolice hunt for ’English brothers’ who spent year in al-Qaeda camp...Turkish Military Shells Northern Iraq... Word For Word | Burmese Whispers: A Few Voices From the Deepening Silence... Turkish Police Arrest Teenage Suspect in Editor’s Killing... Where Am I?News Main Page - Business - World Briefing | Americas: Andean Wetlands And Cities? Water Supplies Threatened |
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