The Himalayas have lost 40% of their glacial mass since the Little Ice Age. East Nepal and Bhutan have experienced the most rapid losses.
Rishika Pardikar
Rishika Pardikar is a freelance science journalist. Her focus areas are climate change and wildlife. She has no formal education in either science or journalism; everything she has learned has been on the job via talking to people, reading, and traveling.
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