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  • Aral Sea
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    Aral Sea
    Dzhambul, Kazakhstan, june 17, 2007
    Camels shelter from the hot sun under rusting shipwrecks near the village of Dzambul, a former fishing town on the shore of the Aral Sea near Aralsk. The Aral Sea, once the world's fourth largest lake, gradually disappeared, since Soviet planners tapped the rivers Syr Darya and Amu Darya in the sixties, in order to irrigate dry land in Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan. Fishermen changed their activities to cattle breeding. Thanks to the new Kok Aral dam, co-financed by the World Bank, the north, Kazakh part of the Aral Sea is slowly being refilled.
    Reporters©Nick Hannes (FOTO:DUKAS/REPORTERS)

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  • The shrinking sea: why the Caspian is under threat - a photo essay
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    The shrinking sea: why the Caspian is under threat - a photo essay
    With the rivers that feed it drying up, less rainfall and a hotter climate, the world's largest inland body of water is in peril. With five countries sharing it, can the political will to save this unique habitat be found?

    The Caspian Sea is the world's largest inland body of water, and its coastline - put at 4,237 miles (6,819km) in 2017 - is shared by five countries: Azerbaijan, Iran, Russia, Turkmenistan and Kazakhstan. It is also the shallowest - in some areas the water is only about 4 metres deep.

    According to a forthcoming report by Kazakhstan's Institute of Hydrobiology and Ecology, the Caspian Sea is approaching the lowest level of 29 metres below sea level, recorded in 1977; the average annual level in 2023 is already below this.

    The rate at which the sea level is falling has also accelerated in recent years. For example, the average rate of decline over the past three years is about 23.3cm a year.

    In June, the local Aktau authority declared a state of emergency over the critically low level of the sea.

    Caspian Sea. Mangystau region, West Kazakhstan.
    Local green activist Azamat Sarsenbayev

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  • The shrinking sea: why the Caspian is under threat - a photo essay
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    The shrinking sea: why the Caspian is under threat - a photo essay
    With the rivers that feed it drying up, less rainfall and a hotter climate, the world's largest inland body of water is in peril. With five countries sharing it, can the political will to save this unique habitat be found?

    The Caspian Sea is the world's largest inland body of water, and its coastline - put at 4,237 miles (6,819km) in 2017 - is shared by five countries: Azerbaijan, Iran, Russia, Turkmenistan and Kazakhstan. It is also the shallowest - in some areas the water is only about 4 metres deep.

    According to a forthcoming report by Kazakhstan's Institute of Hydrobiology and Ecology, the Caspian Sea is approaching the lowest level of 29 metres below sea level, recorded in 1977; the average annual level in 2023 is already below this.

    The rate at which the sea level is falling has also accelerated in recent years. For example, the average rate of decline over the past three years is about 23.3cm a year.

    In June, the local Aktau authority declared a state of emergency over the critically low level of the sea.

    Caspian Sea. Mangystau region, West Kazakhstan.
    Local green activist Azamat Sarsenbayev

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  • The shrinking sea: why the Caspian is under threat - a photo essay
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    The shrinking sea: why the Caspian is under threat - a photo essay
    With the rivers that feed it drying up, less rainfall and a hotter climate, the world's largest inland body of water is in peril. With five countries sharing it, can the political will to save this unique habitat be found?

    The Caspian Sea is the world's largest inland body of water, and its coastline - put at 4,237 miles (6,819km) in 2017 - is shared by five countries: Azerbaijan, Iran, Russia, Turkmenistan and Kazakhstan. It is also the shallowest - in some areas the water is only about 4 metres deep.

    According to a forthcoming report by Kazakhstan's Institute of Hydrobiology and Ecology, the Caspian Sea is approaching the lowest level of 29 metres below sea level, recorded in 1977; the average annual level in 2023 is already below this.

    The rate at which the sea level is falling has also accelerated in recent years. For example, the average rate of decline over the past three years is about 23.3cm a year.

    In June, the local Aktau authority declared a state of emergency over the critically low level of the sea.

    Caspian Sea. Mangystau region, West Kazakhstan.
    The power station, BN-350 FBR

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  • The shrinking sea: why the Caspian is under threat - a photo essay
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    The shrinking sea: why the Caspian is under threat - a photo essay
    With the rivers that feed it drying up, less rainfall and a hotter climate, the world's largest inland body of water is in peril. With five countries sharing it, can the political will to save this unique habitat be found?

    The Caspian Sea is the world's largest inland body of water, and its coastline - put at 4,237 miles (6,819km) in 2017 - is shared by five countries: Azerbaijan, Iran, Russia, Turkmenistan and Kazakhstan. It is also the shallowest - in some areas the water is only about 4 metres deep.

    According to a forthcoming report by Kazakhstan's Institute of Hydrobiology and Ecology, the Caspian Sea is approaching the lowest level of 29 metres below sea level, recorded in 1977; the average annual level in 2023 is already below this.

    The rate at which the sea level is falling has also accelerated in recent years. For example, the average rate of decline over the past three years is about 23.3cm a year.

    In June, the local Aktau authority declared a state of emergency over the critically low level of the sea.

    Caspian Sea. Mangystau region, West Kazakhstan.
    Akimzhanov Daniyar, 35, which is the president of the local fisherman association

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  • The shrinking sea: why the Caspian is under threat - a photo essay
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    The shrinking sea: why the Caspian is under threat - a photo essay
    With the rivers that feed it drying up, less rainfall and a hotter climate, the world's largest inland body of water is in peril. With five countries sharing it, can the political will to save this unique habitat be found?

    The Caspian Sea is the world's largest inland body of water, and its coastline - put at 4,237 miles (6,819km) in 2017 - is shared by five countries: Azerbaijan, Iran, Russia, Turkmenistan and Kazakhstan. It is also the shallowest - in some areas the water is only about 4 metres deep.

    According to a forthcoming report by Kazakhstan's Institute of Hydrobiology and Ecology, the Caspian Sea is approaching the lowest level of 29 metres below sea level, recorded in 1977; the average annual level in 2023 is already below this.

    The rate at which the sea level is falling has also accelerated in recent years. For example, the average rate of decline over the past three years is about 23.3cm a year.

    In June, the local Aktau authority declared a state of emergency over the critically low level of the sea.

    Capsian Sea. Mangystau region, West Kazakhstan.
    The Caspian Seal.
    A century ago, their population was in the millions but now the estimated number is around 70000 and as consequence, they have been added to the International Union for Conservation of Natures?Red list and declared a protected species in danger of extinction

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  • The shrinking sea: why the Caspian is under threat - a photo essay
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    The shrinking sea: why the Caspian is under threat - a photo essay
    With the rivers that feed it drying up, less rainfall and a hotter climate, the world's largest inland body of water is in peril. With five countries sharing it, can the political will to save this unique habitat be found?

    The Caspian Sea is the world's largest inland body of water, and its coastline - put at 4,237 miles (6,819km) in 2017 - is shared by five countries: Azerbaijan, Iran, Russia, Turkmenistan and Kazakhstan. It is also the shallowest - in some areas the water is only about 4 metres deep.

    According to a forthcoming report by Kazakhstan's Institute of Hydrobiology and Ecology, the Caspian Sea is approaching the lowest level of 29 metres below sea level, recorded in 1977; the average annual level in 2023 is already below this.

    The rate at which the sea level is falling has also accelerated in recent years. For example, the average rate of decline over the past three years is about 23.3cm a year.

    In June, the local Aktau authority declared a state of emergency over the critically low level of the sea.

    Caspian Sea. Mangystau region, West Kazakhstan.
    The infinite steppes along the Caspian Sea

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  • The shrinking sea: why the Caspian is under threat - a photo essay
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    The shrinking sea: why the Caspian is under threat - a photo essay
    With the rivers that feed it drying up, less rainfall and a hotter climate, the world's largest inland body of water is in peril. With five countries sharing it, can the political will to save this unique habitat be found?

    The Caspian Sea is the world's largest inland body of water, and its coastline - put at 4,237 miles (6,819km) in 2017 - is shared by five countries: Azerbaijan, Iran, Russia, Turkmenistan and Kazakhstan. It is also the shallowest - in some areas the water is only about 4 metres deep.

    According to a forthcoming report by Kazakhstan's Institute of Hydrobiology and Ecology, the Caspian Sea is approaching the lowest level of 29 metres below sea level, recorded in 1977; the average annual level in 2023 is already below this.

    The rate at which the sea level is falling has also accelerated in recent years. For example, the average rate of decline over the past three years is about 23.3cm a year.

    In June, the local Aktau authority declared a state of emergency over the critically low level of the sea.

    Caspian Sea. Mangystau region, West Kazakhstan.
    scientific researcher Assal Baimukanova from the Institute of Hydrology and Ecology stands in front some of the 10 tonnes of rubbish they collected from the Caspian Sea in the previous 20 days

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  • The shrinking sea: why the Caspian is under threat - a photo essay
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    The shrinking sea: why the Caspian is under threat - a photo essay
    With the rivers that feed it drying up, less rainfall and a hotter climate, the world's largest inland body of water is in peril. With five countries sharing it, can the political will to save this unique habitat be found?

    The Caspian Sea is the world's largest inland body of water, and its coastline - put at 4,237 miles (6,819km) in 2017 - is shared by five countries: Azerbaijan, Iran, Russia, Turkmenistan and Kazakhstan. It is also the shallowest - in some areas the water is only about 4 metres deep.

    According to a forthcoming report by Kazakhstan's Institute of Hydrobiology and Ecology, the Caspian Sea is approaching the lowest level of 29 metres below sea level, recorded in 1977; the average annual level in 2023 is already below this.

    The rate at which the sea level is falling has also accelerated in recent years. For example, the average rate of decline over the past three years is about 23.3cm a year.

    In June, the local Aktau authority declared a state of emergency over the critically low level of the sea.

    Caspian Sea. Mangystau region, West Kazakhstan.
    the pier once built in water, now stands in dry land

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  • The shrinking sea: why the Caspian is under threat - a photo essay
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    The shrinking sea: why the Caspian is under threat - a photo essay
    With the rivers that feed it drying up, less rainfall and a hotter climate, the world's largest inland body of water is in peril. With five countries sharing it, can the political will to save this unique habitat be found?

    The Caspian Sea is the world's largest inland body of water, and its coastline - put at 4,237 miles (6,819km) in 2017 - is shared by five countries: Azerbaijan, Iran, Russia, Turkmenistan and Kazakhstan. It is also the shallowest - in some areas the water is only about 4 metres deep.

    According to a forthcoming report by Kazakhstan's Institute of Hydrobiology and Ecology, the Caspian Sea is approaching the lowest level of 29 metres below sea level, recorded in 1977; the average annual level in 2023 is already below this.

    The rate at which the sea level is falling has also accelerated in recent years. For example, the average rate of decline over the past three years is about 23.3cm a year.

    In June, the local Aktau authority declared a state of emergency over the critically low level of the sea.

    Caspian Sea. Mangystau region, West Kazakhstan.
    the pier once built in water, now stands in dry land

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  • The shrinking sea: why the Caspian is under threat - a photo essay
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    The shrinking sea: why the Caspian is under threat - a photo essay
    With the rivers that feed it drying up, less rainfall and a hotter climate, the world's largest inland body of water is in peril. With five countries sharing it, can the political will to save this unique habitat be found?

    The Caspian Sea is the world's largest inland body of water, and its coastline - put at 4,237 miles (6,819km) in 2017 - is shared by five countries: Azerbaijan, Iran, Russia, Turkmenistan and Kazakhstan. It is also the shallowest - in some areas the water is only about 4 metres deep.

    According to a forthcoming report by Kazakhstan's Institute of Hydrobiology and Ecology, the Caspian Sea is approaching the lowest level of 29 metres below sea level, recorded in 1977; the average annual level in 2023 is already below this.

    The rate at which the sea level is falling has also accelerated in recent years. For example, the average rate of decline over the past three years is about 23.3cm a year.

    In June, the local Aktau authority declared a state of emergency over the critically low level of the sea.

    Aktau. Graffiti.
    The graffiti is dedicated to military women during the World War II.
    the one on the front is Khiuaz Qayrqyzy Dospanova
    was a Kazakh pilot and navigator who served during World War II in the 588th Night Bomber Regiment, nicknamed the "Night Witches." In addition to being the first Kazakh woman officer in the Soviet Air Force,[1] she was the only Kazakh woman to serve in the "Night Witches".
    the second woman on the wall is
    Manshuk Zhiengalikyzy Mametova. 23 October 1922 - 15 October 1943) was a machine gunner of the 100th Rifle Brigade in the 21st Guards Rifle Division of the 3rd Shock Army on the Kalinin Front during the Second World War. She became the first Kazakh woman to be awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union after the Supreme Soviet posthumously awarded her the title on 1 March 1944.[

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    The shrinking sea: why the Caspian is under threat - a photo essay
    With the rivers that feed it drying up, less rainfall and a hotter climate, the world's largest inland body of water is in peril. With five countries sharing it, can the political will to save this unique habitat be found?

    The Caspian Sea is the world's largest inland body of water, and its coastline - put at 4,237 miles (6,819km) in 2017 - is shared by five countries: Azerbaijan, Iran, Russia, Turkmenistan and Kazakhstan. It is also the shallowest - in some areas the water is only about 4 metres deep.

    According to a forthcoming report by Kazakhstan's Institute of Hydrobiology and Ecology, the Caspian Sea is approaching the lowest level of 29 metres below sea level, recorded in 1977; the average annual level in 2023 is already below this.

    The rate at which the sea level is falling has also accelerated in recent years. For example, the average rate of decline over the past three years is about 23.3cm a year.

    In June, the local Aktau authority declared a state of emergency over the critically low level of the sea.

    Aktau.
    Caspian Sea. Mangystau region, West Kazakhstan.
    World war 2 monument in Aktau. A dome with an eternal flame

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  • The shrinking sea: why the Caspian is under threat - a photo essay
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    The shrinking sea: why the Caspian is under threat - a photo essay
    With the rivers that feed it drying up, less rainfall and a hotter climate, the world's largest inland body of water is in peril. With five countries sharing it, can the political will to save this unique habitat be found?

    The Caspian Sea is the world's largest inland body of water, and its coastline - put at 4,237 miles (6,819km) in 2017 - is shared by five countries: Azerbaijan, Iran, Russia, Turkmenistan and Kazakhstan. It is also the shallowest - in some areas the water is only about 4 metres deep.

    According to a forthcoming report by Kazakhstan's Institute of Hydrobiology and Ecology, the Caspian Sea is approaching the lowest level of 29 metres below sea level, recorded in 1977; the average annual level in 2023 is already below this.

    The rate at which the sea level is falling has also accelerated in recent years. For example, the average rate of decline over the past three years is about 23.3cm a year.

    In June, the local Aktau authority declared a state of emergency over the critically low level of the sea.

    Aktau.
    Caspian Sea. Mangystau region, West Kazakhstan.
    the pier once built in water, now stands in dry land

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  • The shrinking sea: why the Caspian is under threat - a photo essay
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    The shrinking sea: why the Caspian is under threat - a photo essay
    With the rivers that feed it drying up, less rainfall and a hotter climate, the world's largest inland body of water is in peril. With five countries sharing it, can the political will to save this unique habitat be found?

    The Caspian Sea is the world's largest inland body of water, and its coastline - put at 4,237 miles (6,819km) in 2017 - is shared by five countries: Azerbaijan, Iran, Russia, Turkmenistan and Kazakhstan. It is also the shallowest - in some areas the water is only about 4 metres deep.

    According to a forthcoming report by Kazakhstan's Institute of Hydrobiology and Ecology, the Caspian Sea is approaching the lowest level of 29 metres below sea level, recorded in 1977; the average annual level in 2023 is already below this.

    The rate at which the sea level is falling has also accelerated in recent years. For example, the average rate of decline over the past three years is about 23.3cm a year.

    In June, the local Aktau authority declared a state of emergency over the critically low level of the sea.

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    The shrinking sea: why the Caspian is under threat - a photo essay
    With the rivers that feed it drying up, less rainfall and a hotter climate, the world's largest inland body of water is in peril. With five countries sharing it, can the political will to save this unique habitat be found?

    The Caspian Sea is the world's largest inland body of water, and its coastline - put at 4,237 miles (6,819km) in 2017 - is shared by five countries: Azerbaijan, Iran, Russia, Turkmenistan and Kazakhstan. It is also the shallowest - in some areas the water is only about 4 metres deep.

    According to a forthcoming report by Kazakhstan's Institute of Hydrobiology and Ecology, the Caspian Sea is approaching the lowest level of 29 metres below sea level, recorded in 1977; the average annual level in 2023 is already below this.

    The rate at which the sea level is falling has also accelerated in recent years. For example, the average rate of decline over the past three years is about 23.3cm a year.

    In June, the local Aktau authority declared a state of emergency over the critically low level of the sea.

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    The shrinking sea: why the Caspian is under threat - a photo essay
    With the rivers that feed it drying up, less rainfall and a hotter climate, the world's largest inland body of water is in peril. With five countries sharing it, can the political will to save this unique habitat be found?

    The Caspian Sea is the world's largest inland body of water, and its coastline - put at 4,237 miles (6,819km) in 2017 - is shared by five countries: Azerbaijan, Iran, Russia, Turkmenistan and Kazakhstan. It is also the shallowest - in some areas the water is only about 4 metres deep.

    According to a forthcoming report by Kazakhstan's Institute of Hydrobiology and Ecology, the Caspian Sea is approaching the lowest level of 29 metres below sea level, recorded in 1977; the average annual level in 2023 is already below this.

    The rate at which the sea level is falling has also accelerated in recent years. For example, the average rate of decline over the past three years is about 23.3cm a year.

    In June, the local Aktau authority declared a state of emergency over the critically low level of the sea.

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    The shrinking sea: why the Caspian is under threat - a photo essay
    With the rivers that feed it drying up, less rainfall and a hotter climate, the world's largest inland body of water is in peril. With five countries sharing it, can the political will to save this unique habitat be found?

    The Caspian Sea is the world's largest inland body of water, and its coastline - put at 4,237 miles (6,819km) in 2017 - is shared by five countries: Azerbaijan, Iran, Russia, Turkmenistan and Kazakhstan. It is also the shallowest - in some areas the water is only about 4 metres deep.

    According to a forthcoming report by Kazakhstan's Institute of Hydrobiology and Ecology, the Caspian Sea is approaching the lowest level of 29 metres below sea level, recorded in 1977; the average annual level in 2023 is already below this.

    The rate at which the sea level is falling has also accelerated in recent years. For example, the average rate of decline over the past three years is about 23.3cm a year.

    In June, the local Aktau authority declared a state of emergency over the critically low level of the sea.

    Aktau.
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    The shrinking sea: why the Caspian is under threat - a photo essay
    With the rivers that feed it drying up, less rainfall and a hotter climate, the world's largest inland body of water is in peril. With five countries sharing it, can the political will to save this unique habitat be found?

    The Caspian Sea is the world's largest inland body of water, and its coastline - put at 4,237 miles (6,819km) in 2017 - is shared by five countries: Azerbaijan, Iran, Russia, Turkmenistan and Kazakhstan. It is also the shallowest - in some areas the water is only about 4 metres deep.

    According to a forthcoming report by Kazakhstan's Institute of Hydrobiology and Ecology, the Caspian Sea is approaching the lowest level of 29 metres below sea level, recorded in 1977; the average annual level in 2023 is already below this.

    The rate at which the sea level is falling has also accelerated in recent years. For example, the average rate of decline over the past three years is about 23.3cm a year.

    In June, the local Aktau authority declared a state of emergency over the critically low level of the sea.

    Aktau.
    Caspian Sea. Mangystau region, West Kazakhstan.

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    NEPAL Changri Nup Glacier -- Dec 2005 -- In the danger-zone...morrain rubble on the Changri Nup Glacier. As the glacier melts, it spews out thousands of rocks, often destroying marker cairns and causing a hazard for travellers, like the photographer who almost died on a night crossing of this pass. Scientists say these huge Himalayan glaciers are melting fast which could threaten Asia's water supply in the future having a devastating impact on the region's agriculture -- Picture © Jon Mitchell / Lightroom Photos (FOTO:DUKAS/GRANANGULAR)
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    NEPAL Mount Thamseku -- Dec 2005 -- Mount Thamserku usually under a blanket of snow and ice at this time of the year, now in mid-December 2005 showing very little of either, its glacier severely reduced in comparison to previous years. Scientists say these huge Himalayan glaciers are melting fast which could threaten Asia's water supply in the future having a devastating impact on the region's agriculture -- Picture © Jon Mitchell / Lightroom Photos (FOTO:DUKAS/GRANANGULAR)
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    NEPAL Mount Thamseku -- Dec 2005 -- Mount Thamserku usually under a blanket of snow and ice at this time of the year, now in mid-December 2005 showing very little of either, its glacier severely reduced in comparison to previous years. Scientists say these huge Himalayan glaciers are melting fast which could threaten Asia's water supply in the future having a devastating impact on the region's agriculture -- Picture © Jon Mitchell / Lightroom Photos (FOTO:DUKAS/GRANANGULAR)
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    NEPAL Khumbu Glacier -- Dec 2005 -- The top of the Khumbu Glacier, a popular climbing route to the summit of Mount Everest (centre right) this glacier has retreated over 5km from where Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norguay set out to conquer the worldês highest mountain in 1953. Scientists say these huge Himalayan glaciers are melting fast which could threaten Asia's water supply in the future having a devastating impact on the region's agriculture -- Picture © Jon Mitchell / Lightroom Photos (FOTO:DUKAS/GRANANGULAR)
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    NEPAL Khumbu Glacier -- Dec 2005 -- The top of the Khumbu Glacier, with a glacier of Mount Nuptse in the background. A popular climbing route to the summit of Mount Everest, this glacier has retreated over 5km from where Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norguay set out to conquer the worldês highest mountain in 1953. Scientists say these huge Himalayan glaciers are melting fast which could threaten Asia's water supply in the future having a devastating impact on the region's agriculture -- Picture © Jon Mitchell / Lightroom Photos (FOTO:DUKAS/GRANANGULAR)
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    NEPAL Khumbu Glacier -- Dec 2005 -- The top of the Khumbu Glacier, a popular climbing route to the summit of Mount Everest (upper right), has retreated over 5km from where Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norguay set out to conquer the worldês highest mountain in 1953. Scientists say these huge Himalayan glaciers are melting fast which could threaten Asia's water supply in the future having a devastating impact on the region's agriculture -- Picture © Jon Mitchell / Lightroom Photos (FOTO:DUKAS/GRANANGULAR)
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