A study has found that glaciers located in the Greater Himalayas are losing mass at a faster rate than previously estimated. Research from the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the University of Grenoble Alpes in France found that the ice reserves of Himalayan glaciers had been diminishing by around 8 billion tonnes annually between 2000 and 2016 due to global warming. The study fills a gap in knowledge about remote regions of the mountain range caused by limited satellite monitoring.
Himalayan glaciers losing more mass than previously estimated
Glaciers in the Greater Himalayas are losing mass at a greater rate than had previously been estimated, according to research. The study fills a gap in knowledge caused by the limited ability of satellites to monitor ice loss in remote regions of the highest mountain range in the world. Researchers from the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the University of Grenoble Alpes in France analysed data from more than 1,200 glaciers in the region, and found that as a result of global warming, Himalayan glaciers’ ice reserves had been diminishing by around 8 billion tonnes annually between 2000 and 2016.
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