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Researchers are warning in their report that if climate change is not addressed, the Himalayan glaciers are on track to lose 80% of their volume.

The world’s tallest mountains are losing ice — which could pose a serious danger to humanity. That’s according to a new report from the International Center for Integrated Mountain Development, an agency that oversees the Hindu Kush Himalayas. Izabella Koziell, deputy director general of the agency, joins CBS News to break down the findings. Source

It's been an overlooked region of glacial melting due to lack of data.

World 1.2°C warmer than mid-1800s; based on current emissions trajectories, glaciers could lose up to 80pc of their volume by end of century.

Kathmandu: Existing levels of increase in global temperatures can lead to about 80 per cent loss in the current volume of glaciers in the Hindu Kush

ALBAWABA - Glaciers in the Himalayas are rapidly disappearing, with a concerning projection of a 75% loss by 2100 due to global warming, according to a

Welcome to the newsletter Cropped, all about the most important stories at the intersection of climate, land, food and nature over the past fortnight.

Himalayan glaciers disappeared 65 percent faster since 2010 than in the previous decade. Reduced snow cover due to global warming will result in reduced fresh water for people living downstream. 

Glaciers in the region melted faster between 2010 and 2019 than in the previous decade. “Things are just happening so fast,” one researcher said.

Days of sweltering heat, power cuts in northern India overwhelm hospitals as death toll climbs