The continued retreat at the 50 year retreat rate would eliminate the glacier in 35 - 50 years. (nichols.edu)
The Hindu: «The Gangotri glacier is retreating like other glaciers in the Himalayas and its volume and size are shrinking as well,» a report, titled «Estimation of retreat rate of Gangotri glacier using rapid static and kinematic GPS survey», by scientists from the Almora - based G.B. Pant Institute of Himalayan Environment and Development has stated. (chimalaya.org)
In the spring 2008 it looked like another minimum extent record with very high retreat rates and our first prediction in May (3.66 million square kilometers) and second in June (3.41 million square kilometers) were below the 2007minimum. (searcharcticscience.org)