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|a Mass loss on Himalayan glacier endangers water resources |h [electronic resource] |y English. |
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|a [S.l.] : |b American Geophysical Union, |c 2008. |
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|a Geophysical Research Letters Volume 35. |
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|a Ice cores drilled from glaciers around the world
generally contain horizons with elevated levels of beta
radioactivity including 36Cl and 3H associated with
atmospheric thermonuclear bomb testing in the 1950s and
1960s. Ice cores collected in 2006 from Naimona’nyi
Glacier in the Himalaya (Tibet) lack these distinctive marker
horizons suggesting no net accumulation of mass (ice)
since at least 1950. Naimona’nyi is the highest glacier
(6050 masl) documented to be losing mass annually
suggesting the possibility of similar mass loss on other
high-elevation glaciers in low and mid-latitudes under a
warmer Earth scenario. If climatic conditions dominating
the mass balance of Naimona’nyi extend to other glaciers
in the region, the implications for water resources could be
serious as these glaciers feed the headwaters of the Indus,
Ganges, and Brahmaputra Rivers that sustain one of the
world’s most populous regions. |
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|a Electronic reproduction. |c Florida International University, |d 2015. |f (dpSobek) |n Mode of access: World Wide Web. |n System requirements: Internet connectivity; Web browser software. |
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|a Mosley-Thompson, Ellen. |
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