Uttarakhand: Scientists conduct aerial survey of glaciers in Chamoli, team to submit report to Govt
India | May 30, 2021 7:52 ISTA team of scientists on Saturday conducted an aerial survey of glaciers at the origin of Rishiganga river in Chamoli.
A team of scientists on Saturday conducted an aerial survey of glaciers at the origin of Rishiganga river in Chamoli.
Among other things, it measured the strength, temperature, salinity and oxygen content of the ocean currents under the glacier and found variations.
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The researchers from Ohio State University in the US said the first glaciers to go could be the ones in Papua, Indonesia, which they called "the canaries in the coal mine" for other mountain top glaciers around the world.
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