Tuesday, January 27, 2009

TIBETANS IN THE PATH OF CLIMATE CHAOS

It is vanishing glaciers like the ones below that are already inflicting tragedy on Tibetans and others around the world. Please read story, below.

1875 photo courtesy H. Slupetzky/University of Salzburg

The Pasterze, Austria's longest glacier (both photos, above), was about 2 kilometers longer in the 19th C. but is now completely out of sight from this overlook on the Grossglockner High Road.

By Christina Larson, Christian Science Monitor

Less snow in the mountains means less water and less food. It also means more of the same for other Asian nations downstream.
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