Glacier Change Threatens Andes Communities

Like an avalanche, a glacial outpouring can scour the hillside, washing away whole villages. But the slow disappearance of glaciers is a threat more subtle, though just as damaging.

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NASA Earth Observatory image by Joshua Stevens, using Landsat data from the U.S. Geological Survey. Caption by Pola Lem.

Published December 23, 2016
Data acquired July 30, 1986 - May 8, 2014

Sources:

Landsat 5 > TM

Landsat 8 > OLI