The spillway at Imja Lake in Nepal, an attempt to reduce flood hazard. Melting glaciers are still feeding the lake, causing it to grow longer. — Jason Gulley/The New York Times
THE ice of the Himalayas is vanishing.
Glacier-clad slopes are turning bare, and the ground atop the range – which stretches across five Asian countries – is slumping as the ice that once held it together disappears.
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