Himalayan Glaciers Under Threat

Melt Off

Water flows from glaciers early in November.
Bharat Sikka for TIME

Melt Off
Water flows from glaciers early in November. "This isn't like the polar ice caps," says Shubash Lohani, an officer with the Nepal branch of the World Wildlife Fund, "You have a huge population downstream from the Himalayas who are dependant on it."

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