Covid 19: Cutting pollution to Covid pandemic level may prevent Himalayan glaciers from disappearing: Study
Reducing air pollution to levels seen during the COVID-19 lockdown could safeguard Himalayan glaciers from vanishing by the century's end, according to an international study by teams from India, Germany, and the UK. Cleaner air in 2020 led to less soot on glaciers, decreasing daily snowmelt by 0.5 to 1.5 mm.
Source: indiatimes.com