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Dwindling Himalayan glaciers feed ten major Asian rivers that support over a billion people. And many are nearly impossible to monitor, so scientists are turning to NASA's Landsat program. “Space technology is the only technology with which we can access points deep inside the Himalayan terrain.”


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