Why are the Himalayan glaciers melting?
The BBC’s Chris Morris travels to the main source of the Ganges river to find out why the glaciers are melting.
As the first light of dawn lit up the snow-covered mountain peaks, we trekked through a barren landscape 4,000 metres up in the Indian Himalayas, heading for the Gangotri glacier, the main source of the River Ganges.
About 2km from our destination, we passed a rock inscribed with the date 1891. This was where the snout of the glacier stood just over 100 years ago. And the retreat continues.
“All the glaciers in this region are melting,” said Dr Rajesh Kumar, a glaciologist who accompanied us to Gangotri. “And we have to find out why.”
