Columbia University-Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory: Melting of Himalayan Glaciers Has Doubled in Recent Years
June 19, 2019
June 19, 2019
NEW YORK, June 19 [TNSresearch] -- Columbia University's Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory issued the following news:
A newly comprehensive study shows that melting of Himalayan glaciers caused by rising temperatures has accelerated dramatically since the start of the 21st century. The analysis, spanning 40 years of satellite observations across India, China, Nepal and Bhutan, indicates that glaciers have been losing the equivalent of more than a vertical foot and half of ice each ye . . .
A newly comprehensive study shows that melting of Himalayan glaciers caused by rising temperatures has accelerated dramatically since the start of the 21st century. The analysis, spanning 40 years of satellite observations across India, China, Nepal and Bhutan, indicates that glaciers have been losing the equivalent of more than a vertical foot and half of ice each ye . . .