A dying glacier is a threat

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.