{"id":197781,"date":"2010-01-19T00:46:25","date_gmt":"2010-01-19T05:46:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/climaterealists.com\/index.php?id=4916"},"modified":"2010-01-19T00:46:25","modified_gmt":"2010-01-19T05:46:25","slug":"climate-science-on-thin-ice-by-cameron-stewart-associate-editor-the-australian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/197781","title":{"rendered":"Climate science on thin ice by Cameron Stewart, Associate editor The Australian"},"content":{"rendered":"

Article Tags: Himalayan Glacier Data<\/a><\/p>\n

THE prediction, if true, was an apocalyptic one. The “rapid melting” of thousands of glaciers across the Himalayas would lead to deadly floods, followed by severe long-term water shortages across the food bowl of central Asia.<\/strong> <\/p>\n

The melting glaciers would cause havoc to water supplies feeding Asia’s nine largest rivers, including the Ganges, Mekong, Yangtze and Yellow rivers, affecting hundreds of millions of people.<\/p>\n

The result, according to a 2005 report by environmental group WWF, would be “massive eco and environmental problems for people in western China, Nepal and northern India”.<\/p>\n

The WWF’s claim the 2400km Himalayan range was experiencing a rapid retreat in its glaciers was supported in stronger terms only two years later by the peak UN body on climate change, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.<\/p>\n

In its 2007 report, the IPCC concluded: “Glaciers in the Himalaya are receding faster than any other part of the world and, if the present rate continues, the likelihood of them disappearing by the year 2035 and perhaps sooner is very high if the earth keeps warming at the current rate.”
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\nSource: theaustralian.com.au<\/p>\n

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