China warns of danger of melting Everest glaciers

 

Around 75 percent of the world’s fresh water is stored in glacial ice, much of it in mountain areas, allowing for heavy winter rain and snowfall to be released gradually into river networks throughout the summer or dry months.

“The growing melting area means less fresh water reserves for the world in the future,” Xinhua said.

The Chinese scientists had found the melting point of one Everest glacier had risen around 50 meters (165 ft) in just two years, more than twice as fast as normal, while a huge, high-altitude ice cliff seen in 2002 had apparently disappeared, it said