The Ministry said that as per a study of glacial melt between 1935 and 1996, by Geological Survey of India, Gangotri glacier has been melting at a rate of 18.8 metres. Later research by scientists ...

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The ministry also mentioned an ongoing study by the Centre for Cryosphere & Climate Change Studies (C4S) at the National Institute of Hydrology, Roorkee, on Gangotri and Milam glaciers in Uttarakhand ...