Climate change could shrink himalayan, andean rivers, says study

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“Supply is down. But demand is up because of growing populations,” Lonnie Thompson, a climate scientist at the university’s Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center, said. “By 2100, the best


case scenario is that half of the ice will disappear. Worst-case scenario: two-thirds of it will. And you’ve got all those people depending on the glacier for water.”


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