2023-06-20 21:17:42
Populations living in mountainous regions are affected by climate change much more than those living in other parts of the world.
The effects of climate change have also begun to be seen in the region.
At the beginning of the year, the Indian mountain town of Joshimath began to flood and residents were evacuated.
MELTING IN GLACIERS CAUSES CONCERNS
The effects of global warming on glaciers, snow and frozen soils in the Hindu Kush Himalaya region have reached an “unprecedented and largely irreversible” level.
International Cryosphere Climate Initiative (ICCI) Director Pam Pearson said it is very difficult to get the glaciers that melted in the regions around the Himalaya to freeze again.
Recent research, which indicates that there is intense melting in glaciers around the world, has determined that the glaciers of Mount Everest have lost 2,000 years of ice only in the last 30 years.
Update Date: 20 June 2023, 21:19
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