Chile’s megadrought is crushing glaciers and the damage will linger
Published on: Tuesday 30 December 2025
Chile’s long-running megadrought has pushed its Andean ice to a breaking point, shrinking glaciers that once buffered cities and farms from dry years and leaving a water deficit that will not quickly heal. Even if rains return, the country’s frozen reserves have been so depleted that the damage to its high mountain “water towers” will […]