India, March 21 -- The glaciers in the Himalayan region - consisting of the western, central and eastern Himalaya as well as the Karakoram range - have lost ice equivalent of nearly 24 metres of water depth in cumulative ice mass from 1973 to 2023, according to new analysis by the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD).

"While some sub-regions, like the Karakoram, exhibit complex behaviour, the overall trajectory points towards sustained glacier shrinkage under current warming pathways," the report, Insights from 50 Years of Himalayan Glacier Monitoring, observed.

The Himalaya and the Karakoram range is part of 16 other mountain ranges, spanning eight countries, which make up the Hindu Kush Himalayan (HKH) reg...