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Argentina eyes glacier mining, risking water for 400M people

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Argentina is considering amending its Glacier Law, which has protected ice reserves from mining since 2010. Legislators recently passed an amendment that could make it easier to access valuable mineral deposits near these glaciers. Scientists are concerned that this change could jeopardize freshwater sources that sustain approximately 400 million people and impact global food supplies. AI

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Argentina eyes glacier mining, risking water for 400M people

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  1. SCMP — Tech TIER_1 English(EN) · Emiliano Martínez Viademonte ·

    Gold vs water: Argentina opens glaciers to mining but at what cost to world food supplies?

    Beneath the shining white glaciers of the Andean mountains lie valuable deposits of gold, copper and molybdenum which, until recently, were off-limits to the mining companies that have set their eyes on these untapped minerals. That could be about to change, after legislators in …

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