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87% of Himalayan glaciers stable since 2001: Javadekar [1]

As many as 248 of 2,018 or 12.3% of Himalayan glaciers are "retreating" while 18 are advancing, environment minister, Prakash Javadekar told the Rajya Sabha on Monday in a written reply.

Publication Date: 
15/12/2015
Times Of India (New Delhi) [2]
Tags:
Climate Change [3], Glacial Melt [4], Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF) [5], Global Warming [6], Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) [7], Himalaya [8]

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