Climbers Bring Climate Change From Mountaintop to Laptops
By | Published: July 31, 2007
Environment News Service: The glaciers of the Tibetan Plateau provide more than 70 percent of the fresh water used by 178 million people who live downstream in Pakistan, India, and China. Recent shrinkage of these glaciers in the lofty Himalaya, Karakoram and Hindu-Kush mountain ranges is threatening to dry the rivers that provide this vital water supply. A climbing expedition led by two world-class American athletes, Alison Gannett and Zoe Hart, is bringing the story of glacier melt in the Karakoram to a …
Climbers Bring Climate Change From Mountaintop to Laptops
Environment News Service: The glaciers of the Tibetan Plateau provide more than 70 percent of the fresh water used by 178 million people who live downstream in Pakistan, India, and China. Recent shrinkage of these glaciers in the lofty Himalaya, Karakoram and Hindu-Kush mountain ranges is threatening to dry the rivers that provide this vital water supply. A climbing expedition led by two world-class American athletes, Alison Gannett and Zoe Hart, is bringing the story of glacier melt in the Karakoram to a …
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