February 12, 2020 9:40 AM
Humans altered Himalayan glacier long before people arrived: Study
<span style="color: #222222;">Human activity may have contaminated one of the highest peaks in the central Himalayas hundreds of years before a person ever set foot there. According to a study published in the journal PNAS, indicates that the byproducts of burning coal in Europe in the late 18th century made their way to the Dasuopu glacier, about 10,300 kilometres from London, the birthplace of the Industrial Revolution.<br />''<br />''Paolo Gabrielli from The Ohio S...