Himalayan snow at 23-year low, threatening 2 billion people

AFP - Dawn - 21/04
The Hindu Kush-Himalayan range holds the largest reserves of ice and snow outside the Arctic and Antarctica.

Snowfall in Asia’s Hindu Kush-Himalayan mountain range has reached a 23-year low, threatening nearly two billion people dependent on snowmelt for water, scientists warned in a report on Monday, reported AFP.

The Hindu Kush-Himalayan range, which stretches fro...
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