Submission + - Loss of ice on Mt. Everest is "Devastating" 2
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 who 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.
Proof from two photos? (Score:2)
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They have similar photos of other glaciers all over the world showing that the faces of the glaciers have moved back a considerable distance.
This is a sign of global climate change. Whether it is caused by Humans or not, and the rate of change, is open to debate, that the climate is changing is not what everyone is arguing about. It is just