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https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2026/apr/10/argentina-just-ripped-up-its-pioneering-glacier-law-what-does-this-mean-for-millions-of-peoples-drinking-water. "About 7 million #people, 16% of the #population in #Argentina, live in areas that depend on #glaciers, according to #environmental #organisations. Glaciers don’t just feed #rivers; they balance fragile #ecosystems hit hard by a heating #planet. In Argentina’s northwest, #scientists say they have shrunk by 17% in the past 10 years."

Argentina just ripped up its pioneering glacier law. What does this mean for millions of people’s drinking water?

Javier Milei’s reforms to the law will open up high-altitude areas to mining and risk water reserves already strained by the climate crisis, say activists

The Guardian