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Glaciers covering the Adela and Cerro Torre massifs are reflected in the Laguna Torre, a glacial lake in Los Glacieres National Park. The South Chile water tower is the most at-risk water tower in South America due to high reliance on its water resources and increasing threats to its water supply, according to new research supported by National Geographic and Rolex’s Perpetual Planet partnership. Learn more at natgeo.com/PerpetualPlanet. Photo by Beth Wald, National Geographic.

Planet's water threatened

Growing demand and climate change are threatening naturally occurring water systems and putting the water supply of billions at risk.

Date
9 December 2019
Category
Research

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