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Twist to row of melting glaciers [1]

RASHME SEHGAL

The controversy over the retreating Himalayan glaciers has taken a new turn with Dr R.K. Ganjoo, a glaciologist from the Institute of Himalayan Glaciology, insisting these glaciers are not in retreat. Having studied glaciers for the last 30 years, he claimed that while the volume of some glaciers may have thinned, others are, in fact, even expanding.

Publication Date: 
18/11/2009
Asian Age (New Delhi) [2]
Tags:
Himalaya [3], Glaciers [4], Climate Change [5], Climate Impacts [6], Glacial Melt [7], India [8]
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