Claim: Satellites and on-site measurements are observing that Himalayan glaciers are disappearing at an accelerating rate.

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Passage: An acceleration of ice loss across the Himalayas over the past 40 years has been proved with satellite photos.

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Passage: In recent years, scientists have monitored a notable increase in the rate of glacier retreat across the region as a result of climate change.

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Passage: Overall, glaciers in the Greater Himalayan region that have been studied are retreating an average of between 18 and 20 m (59 and 66 ft) annually.

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Passage: More precise data gathered from satellite radar measurements reveal an accelerating rise of 7.5 cm (3.0 in) from 1993 to 2017, which is a trend of roughly 30 cm (12 in) per century.

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Passage: However scientists have found that ice is being lost, and at an accelerating rate.

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Passage: New Scientist has drawn attention to Hasnain's claim about the timing of glaciers disappearing: "Glaciers in the Himalaya are receding faster than in any other part of the world and, if the present rate continues, the likelihood of them disappearing by the year 2035 is very high," says the International Commission for Snow and Ice (ICSI) in its recent study on Asian glaciers.

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Passage: This was a March 2005 World Wildlife Fund Nepal Program report, page 29: In 1999, a report by the Working Group on Himalayan Glaciology (WGHG) of the International Commission for Snow and Ice (ICSI) stated: “glaciers in the Himalayas are receding faster than in any other part of the world and, if the present rate continues, the livelihood [sic] of them disappearing by the year 2035 is very high”.

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Passage: A paragraph in the 2007 Working Group II report ("Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability"), chapter 10 included a projection that Himalayan glaciers could disappear by 2035 Glaciers in the Himalaya are receding faster than in any other part of the world (see Table 10.9) and, if the present rate continues, the likelihood of them disappearing by the year 2035 and perhaps sooner is very high if the Earth keeps warming at the current rate.

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Passage: As stated above, the total volume of glaciers on Earth is declining sharply.

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Passage: — WWF p. 29 On page 2, the WWF report cited an article in the 5 June 1999 issue of New Scientist which quoted Syed Hasnain, Chairman of the International Commission for Snow and Ice (ICSI), saying that most of the glaciers in the Himalayan region "will vanish within 40 years as a result of global warming".

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Passage: The glacier is said to be receding in size.

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Passage: Currently glacier retreat rates and mass balance losses have been increasing in the [[Andes]], [[Alps]], [[Pyrenees]], [[Himalayas]], [[Rocky Mountains]] and [[North Cascades]].

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Passage: There are currently 11 small glaciers, which are shrinking rapidly, and will likely be gone forever by 2050, due to global warming[citation needed].