Five Patagonian Lakes Are Rapidly Drying, Study Shows

In western Argentina, five lakes within a national park continue to shrink. Scientific findings are now paving the way for restoration efforts—but ongoing federal funding cuts now pose another threat.

By Andrés Muedano
May 4, 2025
Leonardo Buria, the National Parks Northern Patagonia Regional Director of Conservation, holds up a ruler that in 2007 was completely covered by water in Laguna Blanca National Park.
Andrés Muedano

Andrés Muedano is an Outrider fellow at Inside Climate News and a student at Harvard College.

 
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