00:00Scientists warn that Himalayan glaciers are melting faster than ever because of climate
00:04change exposing communities to costly disasters. The research notes that glaciers are a crucial
00:10water source for around 240 million people in the mountainous regions and 1.65 billion people
00:18in the river valleys. Based on current emission trajectories, the glaciers could lose up to 80
00:23percent of their current volume by 2100. A lead author of the International Center for Integrated
00:29Mountain Development Study said, quote, as it gets warmer, ice will melt. That was expected,
00:34but what is unexpected and very worrying is the speed. This is going much faster than we thought.
00:40The glaciers disappeared 65 percent faster from 2011 to 2020 compared with the previous decade,
00:47according to the research. Science Alert knows that the glaciers feed 10 of the world's most
00:51important river systems and directly or indirectly supply billions of people with food, energy,
00:57energy, clean air, and income.
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