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Title: Warming triggers `alarming' retreat of Himalayan
glaciers
By Tim Johnson
Website: McClatchy Washington Bureau
Posted: May 11, 2007
From the page: "KAROLA PASS, Tibet - The glaciers of
the Himalayas store more ice than anywhere on Earth
except for the polar regions and Alaska, and the steady
flow of water from their melting icepacks fills seven
of the mightiest rivers of Asia.
Now, due to global warming and related changes in the
monsoons and trade winds, the glaciers are retreating
at a startling rate, and scientists say the ancient
icepacks could nearly disappear within one or two
generations..."
