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Himalayan snow at 23-year low, 2bn at risk, report says
Bangkok Post
|April 22, 2025
Snowfall in Asia's Hindu Kush-Himalayan mountain range has reached a 23-year low, threatening nearly two billion people dependent on snowmelt for water, scientists warned in a report on Monday.
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The Hindu Kush-Himalayan range, which stretches from Afghanistan to Myanmar, holds the largest reserves of ice and snow outside the Arctic and Antarctica and is a vital source of fresh water for about two billion people.
Researchers found “a significant decline in seasonal snow across the Hindu Kush Hima-laya region, with snow persistence (the time snow remains on the ground) 23.6% below normal — the lowest in 23 years,” the Inter-national Centre for Integrated Moun-tain Development (ICIMOD) said.
This story is from the April 22, 2025 edition of Bangkok Post.
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