Hot and dry climate conditions are increasing the Himalayan ice line, which causes forest fires and about water shortage.
What’s going on?
Satellite photos Discovery that the height that the snow accumulates on the Himalayan mountains is increasing at extraordinary rates. According to NASA Land ObservatoryScientists have been concerned with high ice lines since early 2021. Between December 11, 2024 and January 28 of this year, the ice line travels about 500 500 feet, which shows how quickly it is changing.
According to Nicholas College’s Glacologist Mori Pilto, “the only year when January’s snow lines were near normal levels were 2022.” He called high ice lines in January 2021, 2023, 2024, and 2025, potentially “new normal”.
In addition, it is suspected that the majority of the disappearance of the snow is due to this MightDon’t melt. This means that instead of turning to water and running down the mountains, more snow becomes a vapor in the air. As the Earth Observatory described, the snow is almost “disappearing in the thin air.”
What does the Himalayan high line mean?
Scientists are afraid of a growing snow line, which can reduce the risk of forest fire and reduce water supply for nearby communities.
According to Nepali timesNepal’s forest fire season began earlier this year. The reason for this is due to the long drought of winter, ie winter with abnormal low Snapic.
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icimod “This is a wake up for researchers, policy makers and communities,” said Sher Mohammed, the author of the Snow Update Report 2024, said: “Low accumulation of ice and ice fluctuations is a very serious threat to dehydration, especially this year.”
These shortages of water can also lead to the failure of the crops, that is, the communities also face shortage of food.
Although abnormal weather samples are naturally found, the constant reduction of snaprick is a disturbing trend. Instead of an isolated seasonal event, these dry, cold colds became a model spread for four years. Many experts attribute super storms, bombs, environmental streams and other highly weather events to the rapidly heat planet.
What can be done about the growing snow line?
Communities will have to re -consider how they manage the water and prepare a higher risk of fire to deal with water shortages.
“It is clear that governments and people in the region need immediate help to help adapt to snow samples in the region, in which carbon emissions have already stopped,” said Mary Jackson, a senior crew expert at ICIMOD.
He added, “G20 countries need to reduce emission faster than ever before to prevent even more changes that will prove destructive to large population centers and industries relying on snow melting in the mountains.”
Reducing the highly heat planet is the best way to prevent the growing insurance line and restore more permanent snow pack. This means reducing carbon pollution, supporting sustainable agriculture, and focusing on creating new forms of renewable energy.
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