Yes, today is World Environment Day (the UN says so). Official theme is “melting ice”. Coincidentally, the G8 summit in Germany starts tomorrow. We’ve got a team on the scene, and you can follow their work here. But this update isn’t about Bush, Merkel or even Harper. It’s about the melting glaciers of the Himalayas, and the nearly 1 billion people whose water supply could be affected.
Recently a Greenpeace expedition went to the Himalayas to document the retreat of these glaciers. There’s a feature story here by a Chinese journalist who joined the expedition (along with an audio slideshow by the expedition photographer).
Or check out this mini-documentary (it’s under five minutes)….