Himalayan glaciers react, blow cold winds down their slopes

Berlin, Germany (SPX) Dec 05, 2023

An international research team, led by Professor Francesca Pellicciotti of the Institute of Science and Technology Austria (ISTA), has unveiled a remarkable response of Himalayan glaciers to global warming. Published in Nature Geoscience, their study shows that these glaciers are cooling the air around their surfaces, producing cold winds that may help in preserving the glaciers themselves and t