Glacier area and volume decreasing

A report of a study on climate change has made public the fact that the area and volume of glaciers in the Himalayan region is declining.Transparency International (TI) Nepal in collaboration with ICIMOD and other organisations conducted the research to look into the impact of climate change on water resources in Nepal’s mountainous region and in the lower coastal regions. The study was made public on Friday. The study observed high variation in temperature and precipitation variation due to geographical conditions of the Himalayan region.The latest study has revealed the findings of an earlier study report that the area of glaciers in Nepal decreased by about 24 percent from 1977 to 2010.The study also revealed that the height of the Imja and Lhotse glaciers in the Khumbu region of Nepal decreased from 1970 to 2007.