News tagged with himalayan glaciers
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A unique geography -- and soot and dust -- conspire against Himalayan glaciers
"So many disparate elements, both natural and man-made, converge in the Himalayas," said William Lau, a climatologist from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. "There's no other place in the ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Dec 15, 2009 |
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New Study Turns Up the Heat on Soot's Role in Himalayan Warming (w/ Video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- Soot from fire in an unventilated fireplace wafts into a home and settles on the surfaces of floors and furniture. But with a quick fix to the chimney flue and some dusting, it bears no impact ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Dec 14, 2009 |
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Experts warn glaciers in Indian Kashmir melting
(AP) -- Indian Kashmir's glaciers are melting fast because of rising temperatures, threatening the water supply of millions of people in the Himalayan region, a new study by Indian scientists says.
Oct 13, 2009 |
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