A report from a Nepal-based research organization finds that water security for nearly 2 billion people downstream from the Hindu Kush Himalayan ranges will likely be threatened this century if global warming is not controlled.
, for example, have lost 2,000 years of ice in just the past 30 years.
Among the key findings from Tuesday's report are that the Himalayan glaciers disappeared 65% faster since 2010 than in the previous decade, and that reducing snow cover due to global warming will result in reduced fresh water for people living downstream.
Effects of climate change are already felt by Himalayan communities, sometimes acutely. Earlier this year the Indian mountain town of JoshimathThe Arctic may now be accelerating global warming due to melting permafrost, NOAA report finds "Once ice melts in these regions, it's very difficult to put it back to its frozen form," said Pam Pearson, director of the International Cryosphere Climate Initiative, who was not involved with the report.
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