Himalayan scare may impact water availability in Asia

MSN India: The study, published in journal Science, shows that 0.4 per cent of glacier area is getting depleted every year due to climate change.12 Naysayers notwithstanding, new studies show that Himalayan glaciers are indeed melting possibly due to climate change. The rate of their melting is not as alarming as projected by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) in 2007 but is significant enough to seriously impact water availability in Asia in future. The warning comes from a new study...

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