Kashmir's main glacier Kolahoi melting at alarming speed

... km (4.25 sq mile), has shrunk 2.63 sq km in the past three decades, a new study said.

“Kolahoi glacier is shrinking 0.08 square kilometers a year, which is an alarming speed,” said the study, presented at a workshop on “Climate Change, Glacial Retreat and Livelihoods,” in Srinagar,  Kashmir’s summer capital.

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