Vanishing Act.

(From The Statesman (India))

Glacial melting is assuming huge proportions, writes TV Jayan EARTHS high-altitude glaciers in the tropical regions are in trouble and might soon disappear, according to the first-ever comparison of climate records between the Himalayan and the Andean glaciers by a team of scientists from four US universities. They analysed ice cores and concluded that glacial retreat is occurring even in those tropical areas where there is increased precipitation. This suggests that rising temperatures and not decreasing precipitation is causing glacial melting. About 70 per cent of the worlds population lives in the tropics. When climate changes there, …