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Karakoram glaciers getting bigger, bucking global warming trend

Asia's Karakoram glaciers have been putting on mass, even as glaciers in other parts of the Himalayas are following the global trend and melting.

Two tourist buses make their way through the Karakoram mountain ranges. K2, which is 8,611 meters (28,416 feet) high and known locally as Chogori or "King of Mountains," towers over the majestic Karakorams on the border of Pakistan and China.

Jewel Samad

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