Tibet glaciers' fast retreat causing huge, dangerous glacial lakes - International Business Times UK

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Tibet glaciers' fast retreat causing huge, dangerous glacial lakes International Business Times UK Kang Shichang of the institute of Tibetan Plateau research, part of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) calculates that glaciers around the mountain have shrunk by 10% since 1974, feeding a glacial lake downstream which is now 13 times bigger.

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