Regional pollution is speeding up snow melt in the Indian Himalayas. That’s according to a new study from an international group of scientists including Indian Institute of Technology Madras civil engineering Ph.D. student Amit Singh Chandel and Karl Rittger, research associate at the Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research (INSTAAR) at the University of Colorado Boulder. Regional pollution is speeding up snow melt in the Indian Himalayas. That’s according to a new study from an international group of scientists including Indian Institute of Technology Madras civil engineering Ph.D. student Amit Singh Chandel and Karl Rittger, research associate at the Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research (INSTAAR) at the University of Colorado Boulder. Earth Sciences Environment Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories
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