One-third of Himalayan glaciers will melt by the end of the century due to climate change, threatening water sources for 1.9 billion people, even if current efforts to reduce climate change succeed, an assessment warns.
If global efforts to curb climate change fail, the impact could be far worse: a loss of two-thirds of the region’s glaciers by 2100, said the Hindu Kush Himalaya Assessment released Monday by the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development.
Scientists just discovered a gigantic subterranean hole in the world’s most important glacier, causing them to worry the ice sheet is melting faster than expected and could cause a dangerous rise in global sea levels
Posted on - 2019-02-06New Caledonia's biggest political party says the government should ban cruise ships from the marine reserve of the uninhabited Chesterfield islands.
Last year, the company Ponant applied to enter the archipelago once a year with a ship carrying 180 passengers.
Environmental groups object to opening the area, which is about 500 kilometres off the main island in the Coral Sea.
Posted on - 2019-02-06