As the important water towers continue to shrink, less availability of freshwater is expected to contribute to greater competition for water resources, environmental groups have warned.

But with record levels of ice melt and glacial disappearances in the Himalayan glacier count in Tibet and Hindu Kush glacier count in Xinjiang, there will be much lesser availability of freshwater ...

When these layers of dense ice and snow that have built up over centuries begin to melt ... single week we are learning a new way that glacier shrinkage is impacting local and global ecosystems ...

China's Glacier Area Shrinks by 26% Over Six Decades HONG KONG (Reuters ... As the important water towers continue to shrink, less availability of freshwater is expected to contribute to ...

As the important water towers continue to shrink, less availability of freshwater is expected to contribute to greater competition for water resources, environmental groups have warned.

The glacier area in China has shrunk by about 26 percent over the past 60 years ... China's glaciers have continued to shrink, according to the Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources.