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An Underrated Culinary Paradise With Majestic Volcanoes Is Known As Peru's 'White City'
Nestled below the natural giant of the Misti Volcano, Arequipa is Peru's second-largest city in terms of population. The name Arequipa is believed to have come from the language of the Aymara ...
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Burned and barren: How wildfires transform volcanic soils
Wildfires in Peru’s Andes are depleting soil health and slowing ecosystem recovery, highlighting urgent conservation ...
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Volcano eruption leads to state of emergency, evacuations in southern Peru
According to the National Emergency Operations Center (COEN), 617 schools and 20 health centres in the areas of Moquegua, Arequipa ... There are eight volcanoes in southern Peru, but the Ubinas ...
Wildfires in the Andes cause severe soil degradation and hinder ecosystem recovery
Spanish and Peruvian researchers analyzed the soil four years after a major wildfire in Arequipa, finding severe organic ...
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Peru: State of Emergency around Ubinas volcano extended
At an altitude of 5,672 meters, the Ubinas is, together with Sabancaya (5,975 meters) in the Arequipa region, the most active volcano in Peru. Since last June 24, the Ubinas presented volcanic ...
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Andean Soils Struggle to Recover Four Years After Major Wildfire
Researchers found severe soil degradation four years after a wildfire on Pichu Pichu volcano. Volcanic soils in arid Andean ...