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New Photos Show 'Devastating' Ice Loss On Everest

Posted by timothy on from the heatin'-up-the-whole-outdoors dept.

Simmeh writes "The BBC reports on new photos of the Himalayas taken from exactly the same position as ones from 1929 and compares the ice coverage. The Asia Society, which did the groundwork, are quoted as saying, 'If the present rate of melting continues, many of these glaciers will be severely diminished by the middle of this century.' I guess the previous claim wasn't too unrealistic."

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  1. so any pictures from the 1940s by night_flyer · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    you know, after the last global warming spell?

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