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This Lodge in Chilean Patagonia Is the Most Off-the-grid Trip I've Ever Taken - With Hikes to Unnamed Peaks and Valleys Home to More Sheep Than People

Patagonia's remote wilderness can be difficult to access, often requiring extensive travel and navigating unpredictable weather.
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Where Glaciers Melt, the Rivers Run Red

Climate change is critically affecting water sources in Peru, leading to increased pollution and toxicity in formerly drinkable rivers.

Amid a water crisis in Colombia and Ecuador, vital wetlands need saving

Rural communities in the Andes are striving to protect wetlands vital for water regulation amidst energy and water rationing caused by El Nino and climate change.

Where Glaciers Melt, the Rivers Run Red

Climate change is critically affecting water sources in Peru, leading to increased pollution and toxicity in formerly drinkable rivers.

Amid a water crisis in Colombia and Ecuador, vital wetlands need saving

Rural communities in the Andes are striving to protect wetlands vital for water regulation amidst energy and water rationing caused by El Nino and climate change.
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From dark constellations to solar observatories: How pre-Hispanic America contemplated the cosmos

The Incas observed dark constellations in the Milky Way, including unique formations like llamas and shepherds.

What We Think About How Ancient Humans Ate Is All Wrong, Study Suggests

New analysis of ancient human remains from the Andes reveals that early hunter-gatherers primarily relied on a plant-based diet, contradicting previous beliefs of a meat-heavy diet.
Hard materials like bone and stone are often better preserved than plants, leading to misconceptions about early human diets.

They crashed in the mountains and turned to cannibalism. He focuses on the humanity

Director Juan Antonio Bayona captured the unique human side of the survivors of the 1972 plane crash in the Andes.
Bayona visited the crash site and experienced the altitude sickness and loneliness of the mountains, which helped him depict the isolation of the survivors.
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