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Melting Himalayan glaciers set alarm bells ringing

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Various studies suggest that the warming in the Himalayas has been greater than the global average due to which a number of ice packed glaciers are melting or getting displaced from their origin along with reports of glacier sliding due to which the unfamiliar changes are under spotlights in the areas including Northern Areas of Pakistan.

The situation is getting worst as couple of months ago it was reported that a number of glaciers are being melting not only disturbing the ecological balance but also posing the side effects on various sectors. Recent alarming change of this series was the burst of a glacier, 80 km north of Chitral, which was totally unusual and unexpected.

The glacier struck the Sonoghur village and devastated the houses and crops in the area.

Sonoghur village was also inundated last year in June when the same glacier burst away sweeping 140 homes in the area, while fortunately this year due to 150 families already evacuated their homes anticipating after the glacier lake outburst.

A recent summary of the conclusions of Working Group II of the Inter-governmental Panel on Climate Change predicts, "If current warming rates are maintained, Himalayan glaciers could decay at very rapid rates, shrinking from the present 500,000 square kilometers to 100,000 square kilometers by 2030s."

The serious expected consequences includes flooding, more hot temperature in summers and very cold temperature in winters also effecting the timing of the seasons, landslides and mudflows, change in the direction of rivers, decrease in the productivity of biological systems, change in floral composition, spreading of diseases and increase in risk of hunger and famine in some locations, finally putting human security at a high risk.

Glacial runoff in the Himalayas is the largest source of freshwater for the Indus River in Pakistan, contributing much in providing the fresh drinking water along with facilitating the country with water for irrigation and agriculture system which is the backbone of our agro-based economy.
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Glaciers are melting worldwide which threatens freshwater supplies for millions of people. This is what has been set in motion by people not paying attention to important issues.
JanforGore

11 responses // Melting Himalayan glaciers set alarm bells ringing

  • Interesting article, but oh so poorly written.
    Vierotchka
  • http://water-is-life.blogspot.com/2006/11/tibets-lofty-...
    Tibet's Lofty Glaciers Melt Away.
    JanforGore
  • It reads from the perspective of someone living there so I suppose it would read differently. However, the point is very clear.
    JanforGore
  • this is sooo intensely important!!!
    the alarm bells of environmental change are ringing around the world.
    Society has become accustomed to it being acceptable for our Earth's resources to be bought and sold.
    Air (conditioning), food, water - these resources will be most affected by global warming - but hey - we can just buy them!!
    The size of the economy created only fosters a deafness to these bells. The environmental governence of these economic entities needs to be seriously addressed.
    RichaRagini
  • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5qeziM4clT8
    This is a video from WWF Netherlands showing the excelerated warming of glaciers in the Himalayas which supply water to the seven largest rivers on the Asian continent. This is the harbinger of climate change. The people here do not have industry or cars.There would be no other reason for this but the effects of climate change.
    JanforGore
  • Speaking of climate change, you should also check on the very real problem of the moons orbit. At one point in our history the moon was a lot closer than it is now....like 14,000 miles closer....it is getting farther away. The farther it gets the more it stops stabilizing our orbit. Without the moon, someday our planets orbit will wobble, not the current 20 degrees or so, but will tumble. All ice everywhere will melt and our climate will be in utter chaos.
    jason1973tl
  • you want to post about detractor BS start your own thread.
    JanforGore
  • You have some serious hostility issues.
    jason1973tl
  • heheheheheh.
    if we could only focus this energy to saving the environement!!! ;)
    RichaRagini
  • The only 'issue' I have is with the same detractors putting unsubstantiated BS in every serious thread about what is happening to this planet. If it isn't the sun, it's the moon.... I say make up your mind or at least post something substantial to back it up. You call that hostility I call it reason.
    recommended by  jubal, Vierotchka
    JanforGore
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