Pakistan's Karakoram Glaciers Growing or Shrinking?
From the Blog riazhaqA recent headline in Pakistan's Express Tribune newspaper declared: "Pakistan's glaciers melting faster than rest of the world". A few days later, I heard an ex-Met Department officer in Pakistan repeat the same alarm on a Geo TV show "Capital Talk" anchored by Hamid Mir. Are these people right? Recognizing it's too important an issue to let go, I decided to look into the facts and data as reported in science journals. Quickly, I came upon "Karakoram Anomaly". I learned that it's a term used to describe the fact that, unlike other mountainous regions, the Karakoram glaciers which supply most of Pakistan's river water are growing rather than shrinking. Baltoro Glacier in Karakoram National Park in Pakistan Pakistan is home to the most heavily glaciated area outside the polar regpakistanblogs.blogspot.comRead Full Post
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