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Melting Kyrgyz glaciers pose threat

By Martin Vennard, BBC News. 00:52 GMT, Wednesday, 28 October 2009

Geologist Bakutbek Ermenbaev points up through the pine trees at the glacier above us in Kyrgyzstan's Alatau mountains.

 

Full article available from BBC News: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8326594.stm

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