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Climate change is making Himalayan climbing more dangerous
Original: Climate change is reshaping the Himalayas and making climbing more dangerous
Climate change is reshaping the Himalayas, with melting ice and unstable terrain making mountaineering increasingly hazardous. Rising temperatures are altering the conditions climbers face on the world's highest peaks, adding new risks to expeditions. The report highlights how warming is transforming one of the planet's most iconic mountain ranges and the dangers this poses to those who climb there.
Why now: Ongoing concern about how warming temperatures are destabilising high-altitude terrain and threatening mountaineers.
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- Climate change is reshaping the Himalayas and making climbing more dangerous · The Climate Watch
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