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Re:Rising Temperatures Could Melt Most Himalayan Glaciers by... by throwaway5752 on Tuesday February 05, 2019 @01:17PM (#19087982)
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19079410 - this threatens the food supply of 3 billion people. It is an enormous, near term threat to the stability of civilization. This is by 2100. The impact will be sooner. People will not stay in one place to starve to death, and food supplies from other locations will be affected.
Re:Rising Temperatures Could Melt Most Himalayan Glaciers by... by kaybe on Tuesday February 05, 2019 @01:23PM (#19088074)
If the precipitation patterns stay the same (unlikely), this at least can be fixed with a few dams and proper water management.