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At Least One-Third Of Himalayan Glaciers Will Be Gone By 2100, Report Finds

Almost 2 billion people depend on water from the Himalayas, where glaciers supply freshwater to China, India and Pakistan.
The Himalayan glaciers provide water for more than a billion people in Asia, but experts say they are melting at an alarming rate, threatening to bring drought to large swathes of the continent within decades. (Prakash Mathema/AFP/Getty Images)

Almost 2 billion people depend on water from the Himalayan mountains. By 2100, though, at least one-third of the region’s glaciers — which supply freshwater to China, India and Pakistan —

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