Continued melting could mean a massive loss of freshwater for over 1 billion people in just 20 years. The total area of glaciers in the Tibetan Plateau is expected to shrink by 80 percent by the year 2030.
Recently drilled Himalayan ice cores lack the radioactive markers found in nearly every ice core retrieved worldwide.
Missing?
13 Meters
43 Meters
5 Meters
13 Meters
In addition to Tibet, Ohio State researchers track ice core data all over the globe. Click a marker to view information about each site.