The glaciers could lose up to 80% of their current volume by the end of the century. Read more at straitstimes.com.
KATHMANDU - Himalayan glaciers providing critical water to nearly two billion people are melting faster than ever before due to climate change, exposing communities to unpredictable and costly disasters, scientists warned on Tuesday.
Glaciers in the Hindu Kush Himalaya region are a crucial water source for around 240 million people in the mountainous regions, as well as for another 1.65 billion people in the river valleys below, the report said. “With two billion people in Asia reliant on the water that glaciers and snow here hold, the consequences of losing this cryosphere are too vast to contemplate,” said Icimod’s deputy chief Izabella Koziell.
Dr Wester said improving technologies and previously classified high-resolution satellite imagery meant predictions could be made with a good degree of accuracy.
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