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Science and Technology:

¶ Scientists say climate change is causing Himalayan glaciers to melt at an alarming rate, creating huge glacial lakes which could burst their banks and devastate mountain communities. The surface area of one lake grew from 0.4 to 1.01 square kilometres between 1984 and 2009. [Deccan Chronicle]

Glaciers in the Everest region could shrink by 70%
or even disappear. (Representational Image)

¶ Swedish researchers, whose study was reported in Science, found exposure to high concentrations of polystyrene makes perch larvae favor the particles over more natural foods. As a result of exposure to plastic, the young perch are smaller, slower and more susceptible to predators. [BBC]

World:

¶ Much of Europe prides itself on its determination to act resolutely on climate change, but in at least one key respect it has failed to back its rhetoric with action. Its investment in renewable energy…