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Study paints alarming picture of glacial retreat [1]

Nepal’s mountains lost a glacier area of 1,266 square kilometres, 24 percent of the total glaciated area of the country between 1977 and 2010, a study has shown.

Publication Date: 
21/05/2014
Kathmandu Post (Nepal) [2]
Tags:
Climate Change [3], Climate Impacts [4], Glacial Melt [5], Water Resources [6], Global Warming [7], Himalaya [8], Nepal [9], South Asia [10]

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[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/kathmandu-post-nepal
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/climate-change
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/climate-impacts
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/glacial-melt
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/water-resources
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/global-warming
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/himalaya
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/nepal
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/south-asia