Kathmandu, July 11, 2006 The Nepali Himalayas warmed about 1°C since the 1970s, almost twice the global average, affecting hundreds of glaciers and glacial lakes, said a release issued today by the World Heritage Center and Greenpeace. It says the rise in temperature has resulted in the retreat of 67 per cent of Himalayan glaciers, posing risk of outburst flood. This could snowball into economic threat since the region is largely...
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