Deep in the Himalayas, the disappearance of glaciers is threatening the kingdom of Bhutan. Anjali Nayar trekked through the mountains to see how the country is adapting to a warming world.
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Anjali Nayar is an International Development Research Centre fellow at Nature.
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Nayar, A. Climate: When the ice melts. Nature 461, 1042–1046 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1038/4611042a
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