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Avalanche in Tibet that killed 9 yak herders traced back to climate change
Декабрь 10, 2016
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Avalanche in Tibet that killed 9 yak herders traced back to climate change

An avalanche on 17 July 2016 killed nine yak herders from the Dungru Village in Rutog County, Ngari Prefecture, when 70 million tonnes of ice broke off from the Aru glacier in Tibet. This, and a second avalanche in September, have been linked to a local temperature rise of 1.5C, scientists say. The Tibetan plateau used to be...

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