Exhibition Opening of The Life and Politics of Water in Peru's Fast-Melting Andes - FRD Enhancing Research : Research Impact

Featuring photography by award-winning journalist Peter Yeung curated by Drs. Rebecca Bria and Jessica Eise of The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA), this exhibit was made possible by the UTSA COLFA Interdisciplinary Research Incubator Program Media Fellowship.

Join us in the JPL Assembly Room 4.04.22 to launch the photo exhibit Life and Politics of Water: In Peru’s Fast-Melting Andes, A Short-Term Water Surplus Spells Disaster with award-winning international photojournalist Peter Yeung.

Peru’s Cordillera Blanca is the highest tropical mountain range in the world. Its glaciers supply a massive “water tower” that stretches across the entire continent of South America from the Pacific Coast to the Amazon Basin. These glaciers are rapidly melting under the warming climate. Farmers living immediately below its peaks are navigating a new era where glacial melt temporarily brings more water to some communities as others dry up. This photo exhibit explores how water shapes life in the Cordillera’s northernmost province of Huaylas. Learn more with photographer Peter Yeung’s reporting Peru’s melting glaciers bring new harvests – and fears for the future in The Guardian.

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