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Nepal glaciers shrink by quarter
2014-05-24 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
News: A new study by the Kathmandu-based International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) shows that the area covered by glaciers has decreased by 24 per cent between 1977 and 2010. Samjwal Ratna Bajracharya, lead author of the report, told AFP, "the shrinking of glaciers in Nepal is definitely connected to climate change, glacial melt is a huge indicator of rising temperatures." The Norway-funded research project led by ICIMOD took three years to complete, as scientists mapped...
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