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‘Black carbon from South Asia melting Tibetan glaciers’ [1]

Pollutants brought in by monsoon winds from South Asia — and not industrial emissions from China — are behind the melting of glaciers on the Tibetan plateau, a leading Chinese scientist has claimed

Publication Date: 
27/03/2013
Ananth Krishnan [2]
Hindu (New Delhi) [3]
Tags:
Glacial Melt [4], China [5], Scientists [6], South Asia [7], Himalaya [8]
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