Himalayan Glacial Melt Underestimated by Scientists.

Glacial ice melt in the Himalayas between 2000 and 2020 may be underestimated by approximately 6.5%, and as much as 10% in central Himalayas, as per a new study published in Nature Geoscience. The study found that glacial lakes had increased in number by roughly 47% between 2000 and 2020, resulting in roughly 2.7 gigatonnes of under-water ice loss, adding to the total ice loss numbers.