Sentences with phrase «himalayan glacier area»

Himalayan glaciers: In a regional chapter on Asia in Volume 2, written by authors from the region, it was erroneously stated that 80 % of Himalayan glacier area would very likely be gone by 2035.

Stick to the facts: In a regional chapter on Asia in Working Group 2 (climate impacts) of the 4th IPCC report, written by authors from the region, it was erroneously stated that 80 % of Himalayan glacier area would very likely be gone by 2035.

The 2007 report used a non-peer-reviewed study produced by an NGO — known as «grey literature» — to erroneously project that 80 percent of the Himalayan glacier area would very likely have melted by 2035.

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The work, which appeared in Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics in June, shows that soot pollution on and above the Himalayan - Tibetan Plateau area warms the region enough to contribute to earlier snowmelt and shrinking glaciers.

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In a telephone interview from India, where she was about to visit some Himalayan glaciers, Dr. Koppes noted that the highest rates of erosion by rivers and glaciers occur in areas of tectonic uplift — where the land is still rising.

The report examines how changes to glaciers in the Hindu Kush - Himalayan region, which covers eight countries across Asia, could affect the area's river systems, water supplies, and the South Asian population.

Following the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report of 2001, a hype regarding the future of Himalayan glaciers, flooding of Indo - Gangetic plains and coastal areas and drying of glacially fed rivers has been created.

The pollution of its inland rivers and waters; depleting fresh water sources through melting of Himalayan glaciers and depleting groundwater; land degradation estimated at 20 % of land area, and damage to coastal and marine ecosystems with loss of 34 % of mangroves between 1950 and 2000, are other India's challenges.

Seasonal meltwater from the Himalayan glaciers is one of the main sources of freshwater reserves that directly sustain people living in the region, especially in arid and semi-arid areas.

In this challenge, he focused on raising awareness around the area's diminishing water supply due to the melting Himalayan glaciers.

This has led to a change in perception about the level of threat, and doubts have arisen that melting glaciers provide a key source of water in downstream areas across the entire Himalayan region.

Table 1: Based on a best guess of glacier area in 2050, this projection shows the number of people in the Himalayan area who could be threatened by food insecurity due to changes in the Himalayan glaciers.

The total area of Himalayan glaciers is about 35,000 km2 (Berthier, Shen etc.; and it's mostly on the north slope).