a year since 2000 the scientists say the excel or weight of glacial melts poses a serious threat to the water supply of the indian subcontinent. the glaciers of the himalayas represent a vast reservoir of water upon which hundreds of millions of people depend now the glaciers are melting. by comparing today's glaciers with satellite imagery made tickets ago scientists can determine just how quickly the ice is receding researchers at london's a period college say the big melt will be hard to stop even if we if we try to limit the 1.5 degree. temperature rise over the next by the end of this century is still one 3rd of. the last years we. just. dr pandit says changing water