'Meanwhile, Wang Chung-ho said the sheer force and energy of glacier bursts and collapses exceeds maximum safety specifications of dams that are currently in operation.
In June 2019, research published by Columbia University and the University of Utah showed that the rate at which glaciers in the Himalayan region are thinning doubled between 2000 to 2016, from 0.25 meters a year to 0.5 meters annually.
At this rate, there will be no glaciers left in the Himalayas by the end of the century, Wang Weiluo said.
Chinese scientists have also concluded that the Qinghai-Tibet plateau is heating up twice as fast as glaciers elsewhere in the world, he said.
While the melting of glaciers will initially boost water levels in lakes and rivers, this process isn't sustainable, and will eventually result in dry riverbeds, Wang Weiluo said.
Wang Chung-ho cited climate scientists as saying that the Earth has absorbed energy from global heating equivalent to five Hiroshima atomic bombs per second since the Industrial Revolution.
"These are alarming and terrifying numbers," he said.'
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China Goes Ahead With More Himalayan Dams Despite Huge Risks: Experts, March 23, 2021
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