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Himalayan river basins in China, Bangladesh, India and Nepal will face a massive water depletion within 20 years, leading to a decline in food and mass migration, a research group warned on Monday.

London: In a new research into impact of melting ice on sea level, scientists have found that thinning ice in Antarctica is contributing nearly 10% of sea level rise and Pine Island Glacier is the major source.

Arctic New York, June 17: Arctic sea ice melted 50 per cent faster than the average rate during May 2010, with combined global land and ocean surface temperature being the warmest on record for the period from January-May, studies have suggested.

Global warming will cast its calamitous effect on India too. The Himalayan glaciers would melt leading to massive flood in rivers, Karnataka State Pollution Control Board chairman A S Sadashivaiah has said.

Washington: Arctic sea ice is at its record low in the recent geologic history, says an international study.