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Nepal glaciers shrink by quarter
Posted by News: None Given on May 24th, 2014
News: A new study by the Kathmandu-based International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) shows that the area covered by glaciers has decreased by 24 per cent between 1977 and 2010.
Samjwal Ratna Bajracharya, lead author of the report, told AFP, "the shrinking of glaciers in Nepal is definitely connected to climate change, glacial melt is a huge indicator of rising temperatures."
The Norway-funded research project led by ICIMOD took three years to complete, as scientists mapped...
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The refugees of climate change
Posted by News: None Given on March 17th, 2011
News: Fishermen, farmers and herdsmen who once led prosperous lives in the flood-prone district of Thatta are now being forced to scramble from village to village to avoid natural disasters. These people, according to experts, are "refugees of climate change".
They live in constant fear of high tides, floods and cyclones. A persistent shortage of drinking water has compelled the residents of 16 small villages in Kharo Chan Taluka to migrate to different areas and some of them have even been forced...