Peru has lost 56% of its glacier surface in 1962, according to the National Inventory of Glaciers and Glacier-Origin Lagoons of the National Institute for Research in Glaciers and Mountain Ecosystems (INAIGEM). In the Lima region, the La Viuda mountain range has lost 88% of its coverage in the same period.
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Peru has lost 56% of its glacier surface in 1962, according to the National Inventory of Glaciers and Glacier-Origin Lagoons of the National Institute for Research in Glaciers and Mountain Ecosystems (INAIGEM). In the Lima region, the La Viuda mountain range has lost 88% of its coverage in the same period.