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Published online 16 April 2008 | 752, 793 (2008) | doi:10.1038/452793a
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Glacial melt thaws South Asian rivalry
International collaboration aims to map glacier retreat in the Himalayas.
More than 70 international climate scientists met in Kathmandu earlier this month to begin the tricky scientific — and diplomatic — task of mapping glacial retreat in the world's highest mountains.
The massive glaciers of the Hindu Kush–Himalaya ranges supply some 1.
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