Himalayan glaciers are melting at unprecedented rates and could lose up to 80 per cent of their volume this century if the Earth continues to heat, said a new report.

Changes to the glaciers, snow and permafrost of the Hindu Kush Himalayan (HKH) region driven by global heating are “unprecedented and largely irreversible”, said the report released on Tuesday Kathmandu-based International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (Icimod).

 

The Himalayan glaciers have, in fact, disappeared 65 per cent faster since 2010 than in the previous decade, it said.

 

The unprecedented melting has an impact on over 2 billion people that depend on rivers flowing from these mountains for freshwater sources, as well as the communities living in the region that are more at threat of extreme weather events.

The report comes as a marine heatwave in the northern Atlantic region breaks records and worries scientists around the world.

 

 

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3 minutes ago, Social Media said:

The unprecedented melting has an impact on over 2 billion people that depend on rivers flowing from these mountains for freshwater sources,

If more ice is melting, wont those people be getting MORE water and not less ?

On 6/20/2023 at 8:25 PM, Mac Mickmanus said:

If more ice is melting, wont those people be getting MORE water and not less ?

For starters, it's a good thing those glaciers are infinitely large, otherwise they might disappear some day.

 

Secondly, do the people who draw water that ultimately comes from these glaciers actually need more water?

On 6/21/2023 at 1:25 AM, Mac Mickmanus said:

If more ice is melting, wont those people be getting MORE water and not less ?

The problem is that after the ice is gone there will be no more water.

 

IMO it's all part of Gaia's plan to solve the humanity problem.