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"We all have to act to reduce our ecological footprint" said Sydney Mayor. We are asking people to think about what action they can take to fight global warming."
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Beijing: Global warming could wipe out large areas of glaciers in the Himalayas and surrounding highlands, threatening livelihoods across much of Asia, climate scientists said in Beijing yesterday. Rising temperatures fuelled by greenhouse gases from industry and agriculture have already shrunk glaciers on the mountains dividing China and South Asia, experts say. Glaciers across the Himalayas and the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau are a major source for key rivers, such as the Yangtze in China, the Mekong in Indochina and the Ganges in India.
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The normally gleaming white sails of the Sydney Opera House darkened,
as did the arch of the city's iconic harbour bridge, countless homes in
the city of 4 million in a gesture of concern about global warming.
