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Tibet Himalayan Glaciers Melting 100's of Million People Dependent on River Ganges

from YouTube on Tue, Nov 03 2009

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05 Feb 09		Melting glaciers on China's Qinghai-Tibet plateau water source "worrisome" » People's Daily Chinese scientists said Wednesday glaciers that serve as water sources on the Qinghai-Tibet plateau are melting at a "worrisome speed," having receded 196 square km over the past nearly 40 years. The decline is equal to about one-fourth of the...
04 Feb 09		Warming saps China's glaciers » Shanghai Daily CHINESE scientists said yesterday that glaciers which serve as water sources on the Qinghai-Tibet plateau are melting at a "worrisome speed" as a result of global warming. The glaciers have receded 196 square kilometers...