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Global warming not sole reason for glacier melting
Sunday, January 15, 2012 19:29
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Gangotri (where Ganga descends)
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New Delhi: Questioning the theory that Himalayan glaciers are fast receding entirely due to global warming, a top climate official of the country says there could be other reasons as well for melting of snow in the youngest mountain systems of the world.
Akhilesh Gupta, Advisor to the Union Minister for Science and Technology and Earth Sciences, said scientific observation by the government agencies in the past five years showed that rate of receding of Gangotri glaciers has come down substantially.
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