Himalayan glaciers

The Jal Shakti ministry has informed the National Green Tribunal (NGT) that it is conducting several studies to analyse the effect of climate change on Himalayan glaciers and melt runoff components. The ministry filed the affidavit in…
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Glaciers are melting at unprecedented rates across the Hindu Kush Himalayan mountain ranges and could lose up to 80% of their current volume this century if greenhouse gas emissions aren't sharply reduced, according to a new report. The…
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Glaciers in the Himalayas are melting at an “exceptional” rate, according to new research that shows the massive ice sheets in the region have shrunk 10 times faster in the past four decades than during the previous seven centuries. The…
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With climate change aggravating the melting of glaciers across the world, scientists have for the first time spotted a rare event in the Himalayan glaciers. It has abruptly changed its main course and scientists are attributing it to…
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