Half of glaciers in Satluj basin may disappear by 2050: study
(World News Science)

Changing climatic patterns are affecting the health of glaciers in the Himalayan region. A new study has warned that as many as 55 percent of glaciers in the Satluj basin may disappear by 2050 and 97 percent by 2090 under extreme climate change scenario. This could adversely hit availability of water for irrigation and power projects including the Bhakra dam. The Satluj basin has total of 2,026 glaciers of different sizes totalling 1,426 square kilometres area. Smaller glaciers will melt faster. Those having area of less than one square kilometre will experience about 62 percent of loss by 2050, according to new findings. Satluj is among dozens of basins in the Himalayan...