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Scientists ventured to Himalaya for climate change study

2013-03-22 21:49:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

LiveScience: Almost half the world's population gets its water from glacier melt and rainfall in the Himalayas and other lofty peaks, yet little is understood about how climate change will affect these water sources. Now, using sophisticated technology and old-fashioned fieldwork, scientists are looking into the past to solve this mystery. "We're trying to understand the relationships between climate and glaciers and Earth's water resources from the perspective of Earth's paleoclimate," geologist Aaron Putnam...

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