Himalayan glaciers are shrinking at varying rates: Jairam Ramesh
merisarkar news service
New Delhi, December 01, 2009
The government says the Himalayan glaciers are receding at varying rates in different regions. Environment and Forest Minister Jairam Ramesh informed the Rajya Sabha that the recession of glaciers could be the result of a natural cyclic process as majority of Himalayan glaciers may be passing through such a phase. Mr. Ramesh said the National Action Plan on Climate Change will address the problem.
In response to a question in the house Jairam Ramesh said India and China have jointly agreed to conduct research on the impact of global warming on glaciers in the Himalayan and Tibetan regions.
The minister said the findings of the scientists at Columbia University and NASA’s space flight centre states that potency of methane gas emitted by different industries and its impact on global warming had been largely underestimated while signing the Kyoto protocol.
