Sunday, October 18, 2009

Kashmir's main glacier "melting at alarming speed"

Indian Kashmir's biggest glacier, which feeds the region's main river, is melting faster than other Himalayas
glaciers, threatening the water supply of tens of thousands of people, a new report warned on Monday.

Experts say rising temperatures are rapidly shrinking Himalayan glaciers, underscoring the effects of climate change that has caused temperatures in the mountainous region to rise by about 1.1 degrees Celsius in the past 100 years.

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