Mount Everest is in the Himalayas in Asia. If the Himalayan glacier melted away,how might it effect children in Pakistan
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Global warming has put the Hindu Kush mountain range of the Himalayas — home to Mount Everest — at utmost risk with most of its glacier cover expected to melt in less than eight decades, a recent report by the Nepal-based inter-governmental research organisation, International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) has warned.
According to the report, the Hindu Kush Himalaya Assessment, two-thirds of the glaciers in the region will melt by the year 2100 if the temperature continues to increase at the current pace.
In fact, one-third of the Himalayan glacier will melt by 2100 even if the global efforts are undertaken to meet the 2015 Paris agreement targets of limiting global temperature rise of 1.5 degrees Celsius.
The Hindu Kush Himalayan region, which includes Mount Everest and K2, stretches over 2,000 miles across Asia, from Afghanistan to Myanmar. It has witnessed a surge in temperature by two degrees fahrenheit since the 20th century, noted the report.
The melting of glaciers will have a direct impact on the flow of Asian rivers including the Ganges and the Indus. It could lead to increased water levels in the major rivers that could result in floods, affecting agricultural resources of billions of people in India, China, and six other countries.
The life of approximately two billion people is dependent on the future of these mountains, estimates the report.