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Blasting the Himalayas

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Blowing up the Himalayas won't change the dryness of the west

Xinhua reports on a proposal to blast a gap through the Himalayas to allow humid air from the Indian Ocean to reach the Qinghai-Tibet plateau. Professor Zhang Wenjing of the Chinese Academy of Sciences said that such a plan wouldn't really help things much. (article from The Beijing News)

 
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Didn't the brilliant scientist Ge You propose a similar plan 8 years ago in "Bu Jian Bu San"?

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