Himalayan glaciers on track to lose up to 75 per cent of ice by 2100 – report
Reuters Glaciers in Asia’s Hindu Kush Himalaya could lose up to 75 per cent of their volume by century’s end due to global warming, causing both dangerous flooding and water shortages for the 240 million people who live in the mountainous region, according to a new report. A team of international scientists has found that […]
Postcards: High kicks – the Pakistani football star training girls in the Hindu Kush
ZOFEEN T EBRAHIM, writing for Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports from the mountains of Pakistan…
Melting glaciers threaten Asia’s drought buffer, scientists warn
Tbilisi, GeorgiaThomson Reuters Foundation Countries from India to Kazakhstan are far more dependent on melting glaciers for water than previously thought, particularly in summer droughts, scientists said on Wednesday, warning that rising temperatures were threatening supply. Each summer, the 95,000 glaciers in the mountain region spanning from Kyrgyzstan’s Alai range to the Himalayas produce enough […]
PAKISTAN: VILLAGERS “LIVING BETWEEN LIFE AND DEATH” AS GLACIERS MELT
PEER MUHAMMAD, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports from Pakistan…