Bill Stampfl vanished climbing Peru's highest mountain 22 years ago. This is the story of the hiker who found him and brought ...

What began as a routine training session during a rescue course on Peru’s Vallunaraju Mountain peak on April 13 turned into a real-life emergency when part of a massive glacier broke off unexpectedly.

Saúl Luciano Lliuya shudders as he looks up at the endless slabs of ice crushed haphazardly atop each other, towering ...

A vibrant city break sets the stage for breathtaking hikes through the Andes.

AUGUST 3, 2021 — The UTSA Knowledge Enterprise (REDKE) has awarded its annual seed grants to cultivate innovation on campus. Thirty-two faculty members received $555,000 to spark new research projects ...

Hincapie cols. (MUSENUV). Etymology. The specific epithet refers to the Andes. Distribution (Fig. 28). Colombian Andes (Central and Western Cordillera) in the departments of Quindio, Risaralda and ...

It said that a potential glacial lake outburst flood from Lake Palcacocha (Cordillera Blanca, Peru) threatens Huaraz, a city of 120,000 residents. In 1941, an outburst flood destroyed one-third of ...

And while the country is now plagued by the issue of political dynasties, Cordillera remains largely rooted in its indigenous forms of governance with political dynasties as an experimentation of ...

He said Baguio and other parts of the Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) will continue to have lower temperatures compared to other regions and provinces due to its topography. (PNA photo by Liza ...

Peru is home to more than 2,000 glaciers. But like elsewhere in the world, they are melting faster and faster due to climate change. The country’s glaciers have lost more than half of their ...

Illegal luxury timber from Brazil's COP state makes its way to US and Europe, investigation finds Almost 2,000 container ships carrying illegally harvested timber from the Brazilian Amazonian ...