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Little Red Tibet
Tibet suffers melting glaciers and nuclear dumpage |
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05 Oct 2004 |
Daily Grist |
| Little Red Tibet Tibet suffers melting glaciers and nuclear dumpage As if living under the heel of a repressive communist neighbor wasn't bad enough, Tibet now has to contend with a coming ecological catastrophe and nuclear waste it didn't produce. According to a survey conducted by some 20 U.S. and Chinese scientists, Tibet's glaciers -- which have been receding for decades, particularly since 1990 -- could melt entirely by 2100. ... |
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| Topics: climate, Tibet, toxics (all these topics) |
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