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The Hindu Kush Himalayan region is seeing a shrinking permafrost that can trigger more landslides, the study said

Himalayan glaciers providing critical water to nearly two billion people are melting faster than ever before due to climate change, exposing communities to unpredictable and costly disasters, scientists warned Tuesday.Glaciers in the Hindu Kush Himalaya (HKH) region are a crucial water source for around 240 million people in the mountainous regions, as well as for another 1.65 billion people in the river valleys below, the report said.

Melting of glaciers to cause flooding and water shortages for nearly 2 billion people who live downstream, report says.

Himalayan glaciers providing critical water to nearly two billion people are melting faster than ever before due to climate change, exposing communities to unpredictable and costly disasters, scientists warned today..The glaciers disappeared 65 percent faster from 2011 to 2020 compared wit

Glaciers in Asia’s Hindu Kush Himalaya could lose up to 75% of their volume by century’s end due to global warming,...