Peru's Quelccaya ice cap could meet its demise by mid-2050s
Wednesday, October 24, 2018 - 08:20
in Earth & Climate
If warming trends continue, Quelccaya, which until recently was the world's largest tropical ice cap, will have reached a state of irreversible retreat by the mid-2050s, according to a new study led by University at Albany climate scientist Mathias Vuille and recent Ph.D. graduate Christian Yarleque.