A future of extreme precipitation and droughts in the Peruvian Andes

Abstract Runoff from glacierised Andean river basins is essential for sustaining the livelihoods of millions of people. By running a high-resolution climate model over the two most glacierised regions of Peru we unravel past climatic trends in precipitation and temperature. Future changes are determ...

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Main Authors: Emily R. Potter, Catriona L. Fyffe, Andrew Orr, Duncan J. Quincey, Andrew N. Ross, Sally Rangecroft, Katy Medina, Helen Burns, Alan Llacza, Gerardo Jacome, Robert Å. Hellström, Joshua Castro, Alejo Cochachin, Nilton Montoya, Edwin Loarte, Francesca Pellicciotti
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2023-07-01
Series:npj Climate and Atmospheric Science
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41612-023-00409-z