Himalayan glaciers 'decapitated' ? Alarming climate change news

A 'major new study' brings alarming news that the Himalayan glaciers are melting at a faster rate than earlier estimated. A study of the Naimona'nyi Glacier in Tibet found that "the glacier had melted so much that the exposed surface of the glacier dated to 1944". More at the Climate Progress blog: http://climateprogress.org/2008/11/26/another-climate-impact-comes-faster-than-predicted-himalayan-glaciers-decapitated/#more-4313