Thursday, January 19, 2006

asahi.com��Global warming shrinking size of 'world's rooftop' in Tibet�-�ENGLISH

By KAZUTO TSUKAMOTO The Asahi Shimbun


MEILI SNOW MOUNTAIN, China--The "rooftop of the world" is melting.

Thanks to global warming, glaciers on the Tibetan Plateau are rapidly liquefying, possibly causing many of the region's water woes--especially flooding--in the past decades. The huge meltdown could cause serious ecological trouble in the future, including water shortages, Chinese experts say.

The Tibetan Plateau is the source of many major rivers in Asia.


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