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Study: Central Asia’s Water Tower to Lose One-third of Glacier Mass by 2040

Overall, the Tian Shan mountains are projected to lose about one-third of the area’s glaciers before 2040, according to a ...

Which mountain range is known as the water tower of Asia?

Water is the backbone of life, agriculture, and civilisation. Across Asia, freshwater availability depends heavily on one ...
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Rapidly changing river patterns found in High Mountain Asia pose challenge for region's energy future

An international team of researchers led by the University of Massachusetts Amherst has tracked changes in more than 114,000 rivers in High Mountain Asia over a 15-year period. The paper, published in ...
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High Mountain Asia’s shrinking glaciers linked to monsoon changes

Sonam Sherpa doing research on the Yala glacier in the Central Himalaya region of High Mountain Asia. The Yala glacier has shrunk in area by nearly 70% since the 1970s due to climate change. Glaciers ...
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UMass Amherst-led team finds rapidly changing river patterns in High-mountain Asia pose a challenge for region’s energy future

AMHERST, Mass. — An international team of researchers led by the University of Massachusetts Amherst has tracked changes in more than 114,000 rivers in High-mountain Asia over a 15-year period. The ...