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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Peter Yeung in the Cordillera Blanca

Peru’s melting glaciers bring new harvests – and fears for the future

A reservoir in a mountainous landscape
A reservoir storing glacial water in Hualcayán in the Cordillera Blanca. Photograph: Peter Yeung

Fresh Andean water flows abundantly in Hualcayán, a picturesque hilltop settlement studded with archaeological gems in the Cordillera Blanca mountain range in Peru.

A network of artificial stone canals channel those glacial waters to the community’s vast expanse of farmlands, feeding into fields of ruby-red strawberries, succulent sugar-snap peas, and the ever-growing number of reservoirs that dot the land.

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