Click on this text to access a short video produced by the Asia Society, entitled "On Thinner Ice: melting glaciers on the roof of the world." David Breashears is interviewed and responsible for the photography. Also interviewed are scientist Lonnie Thompson and historian Orville Schell. The video graphically portrays these himalayan glaciers as the "canaries in the coal mine" of the emerging problem of diminished sources of fresh water in Asia.
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