Climate change taking toll on Kyrgyz glaciers
Unless immediate action is taken to combat global warming, Kyrgyzstan's 2,200 glaciers might melt within a century, Kyrgyz scientists warn. Much of Central Asia relies on the glaciers in Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan as a water source.
BBC | 10/28
This story published in UN Wire on 10/28/2009
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