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Of receding glaciers and lack of benchmark data [1]

From Leh, the 40-km drive to Khardungla, the highest motorable pass in the world at 18,380 feet, winds gently through mountains coated with thick snow. To the left of the pass the Ladakhis swear is the Khardung glacier which has retreated, though there is no study to confirm it. In fact, Prof.

Publication Date: 
12/11/2009
Meena Menon [2]
Hindu (New Delhi) [3]
Tags:
Himalaya [4], Glaciers [5], Climate Change [6], Climate Impacts [7], TERI [8], India [9], Leh (D) [10]

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