Vanishing ice on highest mountains threatens quarter of humanity

Vanishing ice on highest mountains threatens quarter of humanity
An aerial view of a village inundated by floods near Multan in southern Punjab province. (Image: Getty)
Bloomberg
By Sreeja BiswasRapidly melting glaciers in Asia’s Hindu Kush Himalayan region – home to the world’s highest mountains – are threatening the lives and livelihoods of as many as two billion people downstream, according to a new study.The glaciers thawed 65% faster in the 2011 to 2020 period compared with the preceding decade and may lose 80% of their current volume by the end of this century on current emissions trajectories, the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development, or ICIMOD, found in its l...

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