by Daniel Kessler
The voices for climate action come from everywhere. This weekend both the Dalai Lama, at a speech in India, and scientists publishing a paper in Nature, brought the world’s attention to the melting of the earth’s glaciers, a reality that is dramatically changing landscapes and threatening millions who depend on glaciers for fresh water…..
In India, the Dalai Lama, at the centenary celebrations of India’s former President R. Venkataraman, said that “since millions of Indians use water coming from the Himalayan glacier, so you have certain right to show your concern about ecology of that plateau.”———- /cont
via As Minsters Meet at Climate Talks, Reports of Massive Glacier Melting Pour In : TreeHugger.
. Small debris-free plateau glacier with glacier lakes at Gangrinchemzoe Pass at 5,200 m, south of the main Himalayan divide, Bhutan. Photo via USGS
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