When glaciers disappear, so do deities

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In a recent viewpoint published in Nature Climate Change, six researchers from South America, Asia and Africa examine how glacier retreat in the Andes, Himalayas and other high-altitude regions is reshaping the cultural and spiritual life of different glacial communities. According to the article, local communities see melting glaciers as signs of moral imbalance, punishment or fading protection from ancestors and deities.