Monday, 15. January 2007
Topic: NATURE - on January 15, 2007 at 12:52:00 PM CET
Big Melt Threatens India’s Water
The massive glaciers of the Himalayas, which hold one of Earth’s largest reserves of snow and ice, have dwindled by one-fifth in the past 4 decades. A team of Indian geologists and remote sensing experts published the alarming news this week–a grim warning that if the trend continues, it could jeopardize the fresh water supply of more than 500 million people in India.
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