Rooftop of the World Melting

From Japan’s largest newspaper, via Warm Planet, comes news that glaciers in the world’s highest peaks are melting. Here’s the lede and a touch of local color on this sad but unsurprising news.

MEILI SNOW MOUNTAIN, China–The "rooftop of the world" is melting.

Thanks to global warming, glaciers on the Tibetan Plateau are rapidly liquefying, possibly causing many of the region’s water woes–especially flooding–in the past decades. The huge meltdown could cause serious ecological trouble in the future, including water shortages, Chinese experts say.

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Jashi, a 43-year-old farmer who grew up in Miyon village, said: "Fifteen years ago, the tip of the glacier was about 200 meters closer to our village. The height of the ice wall at the end of the glacier was also double the current one. The melting makes it seem the glacier is running away from villagers."