High in Nepal’s Langtang Valley, over 50 people trekked through thin mountain air to reach Yala Glacier on May 12, 2025. They came carrying granite memorial plaques and prayer flags to honor an ice mass that has become a stark symbol of our changing climate. What they witnessed was a glacier in its final phase – a body of ice that has shrunk by 66% since the 1970s and retreated 784 meters up the mountain. Yala Glacier, located between 5,170 and 5,750 meters above sea level, has been monitored continuously since 1974, making it one of just seven glaciers in … Continue reading Buddhist Monks Perform Funeral for Glacier That Shrunk 66% – Water Source for 2 Billion at Risk