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One that security planners highlighted in 2009 revolves around concern that global warming will melt the massive Himalayan ice mass.
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The IPCC asserted in its 2007 report that the Himalayan glaciers would likely melt by 2035 due to global warming, prompting great alarm across southern and eastern Asia, where glaciers feed major rivers.
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Asked about glacial melt, which many observers point to as evidence of global warming, Lindzen said the way glaciers change and move are phenomena largely unexplained.
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This phase change of water causes a powerful local feedback, which, together with moderate global warming, can substantially increase the length of the melt season.
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Glaciers melt naturally during the summer and the phenomenon is not, in itself, a sign of global warming.
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