<div>Asia's glaciers to shrink by a third by 2100, threatening water supply of millions</div>

High mountains of Asia hold biggest store of frozen water outside the poles and feed many of the world’s great rivers, including the GangesAsia’s mountain glaciers will lose at least a third of their mass through global warming by the century’s end, with dire consequences for millions of people who rely on them for fresh water, researchers have said.This is a best-case scenario, based on the assumption that the world manages to limit average global warming to 1.5C (2.7F) over pre-industrial levels, a team wrote in the journal Nature. Related: Tibet's fragile ecosystem is in danger. China must change its flawed environmental policy | Lobsang Sangay Related: Planet has just 5% chance of reaching Paris climate goal, study says Continue reading...