The rate of retreat of Gangotri glacier has slowed down to 11 metres since 2008 from the maximum of 35 metres recorded in 1974, according to experts at the Almora-based GB Pant National Institute of Himalayan Environment and Sustainable Development (GBPNIHESD) who conducted a study of the glacier located in Uttarkashi from 2008 till 2016. More Environment News»
[caption id="attachment_77701" align="alignnone" width="800"]<img class="size-full wp-image-77701" src="http://www.thehabari.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/IMG_2204.jpg" alt="" width="800" height="477" /> Baadhi ya wanahabari na maofisa wa TMA wakiwa katika mkutano na Mkurugenzi Mkuu wa Mamlaka ya Hali ya Hewa Tanzania (TMA), Dk. Agnes Kijazi leo makao makuu ya ofisi hizo jijini Dar es Salaam alipokuwa akitoa utabiri wa msimu wa mvua za masika kuanzia mwezi Machi hadi Mei 2017.[/caption]