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World Bank study on glacier melt
June 9 , 2021
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- The World Bank had recently conducted a research study on impact of Black Carbon over the Himalaya, Karakoram and Hindu Kush (HKHK) mountain ranges.
- In these places the glaciers are melting faster than the global average ice mass.
- The report is titled “Glaciers of the Himalayas, Climate Change, Black Carbon and Regional Resilience”.
Highlights
- Black carbon (BC) deposits produced by human activity accelerate the pace of glacier and snow melt in the Himalayan region.
- The rate of retreat of HKHK glaciers is estimated to be 0.3 metres per year in the west to 1.0 metre per year in the east.
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