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10 Jan 2020 | Water and air

Asia’s Great Rivers: Climate Crisis, Pollution Put Billions at Risk

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The year is 2100. The glaciers of the Hindu Kush-Himalayan region — the world’s “Third Pole” — are vanishing as the planet warms, the ice that once fed the great rivers of Asia is all but lost, and with it much of the water needed to nurture and grow a continent. Read more

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