(新德里消息)印度空间研究组织和印度地质勘探局进行的一项新研究表明,尽管印度境内的喜马拉雅冰川有21%融化速度没有上升,但是大部分冰川在萎缩。印度环境部长Jayanthi Natarajan在一份声明中说:这种融化模式是全世界的普遍现象,是自然循环的一部分。她的声明让许多旁听者大为惊讶,因为该声明没有把冰川的萎缩归因于气候变暖。 (Xinhua News) A new study conducted by the Indian Space Research Organization and the Indian Geological Survey shows that while 21% of melting Himalayan glaciers in India have not risen, most of the glaciers are shrinking. Indian Environment Minister Jayanthi Natarajan said in a statement: This melting pattern is a universal phenomenon throughout the world and part of the natural cycle. Her statement surprised many observers because the statement did not attribute the decline in glaciers to climate change.