San Juan Province is facing a persistent water shortage due to climate change, while mining advances across the Andes and its thousands of glaciers. Leer más
The ever-blue sky of San Juan, in Argentina, is no longer reflected in many of its rivers: the province is experiencing a persistent water shortage linked to climate change, as mining advances over the Andes and its thousands of glaciers. “The situation is delicate,” says AFP Nicolás Yanzón, a producer of grapes, alfalfa and onion seeds in its countryside in Villa Media Agua, 70 kilometers from the provincial capital. Because of the rationing of…