The peaks and valleys of the Himalaya mountain ranges are some of the most inaccessible,
remote regions in the world today. But even the most isolated valleys have been touched by
climate change.
The changes have already complicated life for the people who live in the region. Across the
High Mountain region, temperatures have risen by nearly two degrees Fahrenheit since the start
of the 20th century.
In response, glaciers are retreating, permafrost is melting and weather pattern are becoming
more erratic, disrupting lives of millions and instigating more natural disasters for farmers
growing apples or grains on steep mountain slopes, that means they have to shift their farms to
higher levels to ensure the cool seasons necessary for their crops.
For others, changing pattern of snow and rain have dried up streams and Springs or increase the
threat of disastrous floods. At the same time, many glaciers across the region have retreated by
somewhere between 20% to 47% since the year 2000.
Glaciers and snowmelt feeds into rivers sustaining their flow. As glaciers get smaller that water
supply to rivers like the Indus will likely dwindle, leaving the communities and ecological
system that rely on the water vulnerable. Changes to the glaciers also has another effect.
More melt means more water pools in lakes on top of the glaciers, but those lakes are often
growing so fast and hold so much water that they can and have burst through the rock piles
holding them back. Resulting in devastating outburst floods.
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