Monday, 17 February 2020

Human activity contaminated this glacier before anyone stepped foot on it

Human activity contaminated this glacier before anyone stepped foot on it

New research suggests that contamination from the Industrial Revolution traveled over 6,000 miles from London to a Himalayan mountain. Researchers studied an ice sample that was extracted from a glacier on the highest peak ever drilled. The site on Mount Shishapangma sits at 23,600 feet above sea level.

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