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Science 23 June 2006:
Vol. 312. no. 5781, pp. 1755 - 1756
DOI: 10.1126/science.1128087
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CLIMATE CHANGE:
Threats to Water Supplies in the Tropical Andes

Raymond S. Bradley,1* Mathias Vuille,1 Henry F. Diaz,2 Walter Vergara3

Climate models predict that greenhouse warming will cause temperatures to rise faster at higher than at lower altitudes. In the tropical Andes, glaciers may soon disappear, with potentially grave consequences for water supplies.

1R. S. Bradley and M. Vuille are at the Climate System Research Center, Department of Geosciences, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003, USA. 2H. F. Diaz is at the Earth System Research Laboratory, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Boulder, CO 80303, USA. 3W. Vergara is in the Latin America Environment Department, World Bank, 1850 I Street, NW, Washington, DC 20433, USA. *E-mail: rbradley{at}geo.umass.edu (R.S.B.)

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