Chile Is Running Out of Its Last Water Reserve: Glaciers Will Lose up to 80% of Their Volume and Will only Contribute Half by 2100

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The glacial thaw sustains the flow of mountain basins during droughts, but the continuous retreat threatens this fundamental capacity, especially in a country like Chile, with very particular characteristics. In this study, scientists evaluated the response of the glaciers of the South Andes in Chile to one of the most severe, persistent and extensive droughts recorded in South America from 2010 to the present. Projections of this scenario were …