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Uttarakhand glacier burst: 2019 study forewarned of alarming rate of Himalayan glacier melting While the Himalayas are, generally, not melting as fast as the Alps, the progression appears to be similar, according to the study. Image courtesy: High Himalayan As a part of the Nanda Devi glacier broke off in Uttarakhand s Chamoli district on Sunday, leading to massive floods, a study published in 2019 had warned that Himalayan glaciers have been melting twice as fast since the start of this century due to climate change. The glacier collapse at Joshimath on Sunday led to a massive flood in the Dhauli Ganga river and caused large-scale devastation in the upper reaches of the ecologically fragile Himalayas. The 2019 study, spanning 40 years of satellite observations across India, China, Nepal and Bhutan, indicates that climate change is eating the Himalayas glaciers, the researchers said.

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