Out of 34,191 glaciers in the Himalayas, 248 are Retreating while 18 advancing. 34,919 glaciers spread over 75,779 sq km glaciated area in the entire Himalayas, a study carried out between 2004 and 2011 shows
ISRO has monitored the glacier advance and retreat of 2,018 glaciers across the Himalayan region using satellite data of 2000-01 and 2010-11. Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar informed about the study carried out by the minister in collaboration with ISRO in a written reply.
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