Tribute paid for disappearing Hindu Kush glacier

Yala, which has shrunk by 66 percent and retreated 784m since it was first measured in the 1970s, is projected to join the list of glaciers declared ‘dead’ worldwide.

“As a researcher, I studied where the glacier used to be in 1981,” said Sharad Prasad Joshi, gazing out over what was once a brilliant sweep of white. “Now, instead of a white glacier, it’s just rocky, with debris.”