FIGURE 3.10 Photo Essay: Vulnerability to Climate Change in Middle and South America Adapting to the multiple stresses that climate change is bringing to this region is proving to be quite a challenge. Water-related troubles, such as drought, hurricanes, flooding, and glacial melting are combining with growing populations and persistent poverty to create a complex landscape of vulnerability to climate change. 3.10a Courtesy John Moore/Getty Images, 3.10b Courtesy Yuri Cortez/AFP/Getty Images, 3.10c Courtesy Thony Belizaire/AFP/Getty Images, 3.10d Courtesy John Coletti/AWL Images/Getty Images