Himalayan melting risk surveyed

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A new weather station is expected to show the extent of warming in the Himalayas, one of the world's biggest deposits of ice and a key source of fresh water. It has been installed on the longest Himalayan glacier, in the Everest region of Nepal.

There have been numerous reports of glacial retreats in the Himalayas over the years, but this weather station will be able to quantify changes to the local climate.

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[Bella-Angelique]

I wonder if my property will become beachfront and go up in value after the current coastlines go underwater?

Anyone have a map of what the new coasts might be?

[SparkOfOm]

I wonder if my property will become beachfront and go up in value after the current coastlines go underwater?

Anyone have a map of what the new coasts might be?

Get a topographic map.. if you know how much the ocean will rise then you can get a pretty good layout of the geography with one of those maps