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In the Age of Global Warming, Some Fear ‘the Entire Himalayas Are Melting’ (www.nytimes.com)

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A glacier unleashed a deadly flood earlier this week. For local trekking guides and climbers, the mountains were already changing.

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[–] bad1080@piefed.social 10 points 2 months ago

some? what's the rest doing? denying climate change?