The report from the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development in Kathmandu finds that glaciers in the Hindu Kush and Himalaya mountain range region melted 65 percent faster from 2010 through 2019 than in the previous decade.
The finding adds to a growing body of evidence that the consequences of climate change are speeding up, and that some changes will be irreversible.
Nearly two billion people who live in more than a dozen countries within the mountain region or in the river valleys downstream depend on melting ice and snow for their water supply.
“Things are happening quickly,” said Miriam Jackson, a cryosphere researcher at the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development and one of the authors of the report.
And I think that’s a surprise for lots of people, that things are just happening so fast.”
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Organizations:
International Centre, Integrated Mountain Development
Locations:
Nepal, Kathmandu