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  1. Climate vulnerability assessment highlights accelerated glacier melt threatening the Indus River system in Pakistan.
  2. Glacial ice loss from the Tibetan Plateau is threatening water resources for downstream populations in South Asia.

A study published in Nature Communications details how changes on the Tibetan Plateau affect the Indus, Yangtze, and Yellow river systems and downstream areas like India.

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A study published in Nature Communications details how changes on the Tibetan Plateau affect the Indus, Yangtze, and Yellow river systems and downstream areas like India.

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  • Tibetan Plateau

    plateau in Central Asia

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  • Indus

    hamlet in Alberta, Canada

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  • Yangtze

    Longest river in Asia, and the third-longest in the world

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