Thawing Tibetan Plateau

After surveying the Himalayas for many years, the respected Chinese glaciologist Yao Tandong recently warned that, given present trends, almost two-thirds of the plateau’s glaciers could well disappear within the next 40 years.
For more: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/26/opinion/26Schell.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=yao%20tandong&st=cse