Dr. Benny Peiser 16.12.2011 12:46 +Feedback
Himalayan Glaciers ‘Safe From Warming’
Global warming will melt far less of the glaciers of Central Asia than of those in other mountain ranges, shielding the people who depend on them for water from the effects of climate change for several decades at least, scientists say. The mountains in and around the Himalayas are so high, unlike in the Andes, the Alps or the Rockies, that even in summer, temperatures remain below freezing point and most of the glaciers don’t melt away at all, Richard Armstrong, a geographer at Colorado University’s National Snow and Ice Centre, tells IPS. “It doesn’t make much difference if it gets a little warmer up there because it’s still far below zero.”
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