Himalayan Glaciers ‘Safe From Warming’
Researchers have discovered that contrary to popular belief half of the ice flows in the Karakoram range of the mountains are actually growing rather than shrinking.
By Guest Column Dr. Benny Peiser—— Bio and Archives--December 16, 2011
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Global warming will melt far less of the glaciers of Central Asia than of those in other mountain ranges, shielding the people who depend on them for water from the effects of climate change for several decades at least, scientists say. In the first comprehensive study of a part of what is called High Asia, scientists found that 96 percent of the water that flows down the mountains of Nepal into nine local river basins comes from snow and rain, and only 4 percent from summer glacier melt. Of that 4 percent, says Armstrong, the lead author, only a minuscule proportion comes from the melting away of the end points of the glaciers due to global warming. --Christopher Pala, IPS News, 15 December 2011
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