ITANAGAR, 8 Nov: The fourth Khangri glacier expedition, a major scientific mission to study the response of Himalayan glaciers to climate change, commenced on Saturday in the Mago Chu basin under the towering Gorichen mountain in Tawang district, an official said.

The weeklong expedition, to be continued till 15 November, is jointly organised by the Centre for Earth Sciences & Himalayan Studies (CESHS) and the National Centre for Polar & Ocean Research (NCPOR), he said.

Led by scientist Dr Parmanand Sharma, one of India’s leading glaciologists, the expedition brings together a multidisciplinary team of scientists and engineers from CESHS, NCPOR, Nagaland University, and North East Regional Institute of Science and Technology (NERIST), CESHS Director Tana Tage said.

Despite the vast gla

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