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Himalayan states also face risk of glacial lake outburst floods

The region is surrounded by 8000 glacial lakes, 200 of them potentially dangerous. [more]

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Ganga shifts at Gangotri, lake formed posing danger to downstream areas

The mystic Ganga has baffled the religious gurus and scientists once again. Its traditional mouth, Gaumukh on Gangotri glacier has dried up and a new source has emerged around 20 meters away with a formation of a glacial lake threatening to burst. [more]

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Uttarakhand battles receding glaciers, sparse rainfall

The Himalayan State of Uttarakhand is experiencing changes like steady recession of glaciers, shifting vegetation line, increasing temperature and reduction in annual rainfall, to name a few, due to climate change. The Gangotri and other glaciers have continued to retreat at different rates with climate…

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Alarm bells for Himalayan glaciers

Chetan Chauhan, Hindustan Times New Delhi, June 13, 2011 Source of water in northern and central India, the western Himalayan glaciers, are retreating at the fastest rate in India, a new government study has revealed. The most disturbing trend from latest monitoring of 2,190 glaciers…

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