Indian, Chinese Team to Map Glacier Melt

December 22nd, 2006 in Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Indian, Chinese Team to Map Glacier Melt (AP)

People ride on country boats through the floodwaters to catch a ferry along the river Brahmaputra in Nimatighat, about 322 kilometers (201 miles) east of Gauhati, India, in this June 2, 2006, file photo. A joint Indian-Chinese expedition will chart the remote Himalayan glaciers that scientists fear are rapidly being melted by global warming, threatening the great rivers that flow down from them giving life to India's vast Gangetic Plain, officials said Thursday, Dec. 21, 2006. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)

(AP) -- A joint Indian-Chinese team plans to chart remote Himalayan glaciers that scientists fear are rapidly melting because of global warming, threatening the great rivers that give life to one of South Asia's most fertile regions.

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