released : 20 Jun 2023 at 07: 45 Nearly 2 billion individuals rely on water from Himalayan glaciers that researchers state are melting at a stressing speed. (Photo: AFP) KATHMANDU – Himalayan glaciers offering important water to almost 2 billion individuals are melting faster than ever inthepast due to environment modification, exposing neighborhoods to unforeseeable and expensive catastrophes, researchers cautioned Tuesday. The glaciers vanished 65 percent faster from 2011 to 2020 compared with the previous years, according to a report by the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD). “As it gets warmer, ice will melt, that was anticipated, however what is unforeseen and extremely fretting is the speed,” lead author Philippus Wester informed AFP. “This is going much muchfaster than we believed.” Glaciers in the Hindu Kush Himalaya (HKH) area are a important water source for around 240 million individuals in the mountainous areas, as well as for another 1.65 billion individuals in the river valleys listedbelow, the report stated. Based on existing emissions trajectories, the glaciers might lose up to 80 percent of their present volume by the
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