Effects of melting glaciers on food production in South Asia
KATHMANDU: Millions of farmers in South Asia depend on meltwater from the Himalayas. Melting glaciers, rainwater and groundwater allow farmers downstream to irrigate their crops. Using a novel model, an international team of researchers determined for the first time how great the impact of melting glaciers will be on the downstream water supply in the future, and how the pressure on different water sources will increase. The results published on 19 May in Nature Climate Change can be accessed here. The Himalayas are a climate change hotspot: areas located at high altitudes heat up faster than the rest of the planet....
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