Himalayan glaciers can disappear!

On June 4, at a global warming conference held in Nepal, experts warned that Himalayan glaciers could disappear within the next 50 years. Melting ice will also lead to the formation of more large ice lakes, flooding and devastating mountainous communities.

'If the temperature continues to rise as it is today, there will be no snow and ice in the Himalayas in the next 50 years', Surendra Shrestha, Director of the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) for the Asia-Pacific region, said know.

Himalayan glaciers stretching 2,400 km, from Pakistan, India, and China to Nepal, Bhutan, supply water to nine of Asia's largest rivers and feed 1.3 billion people. However, in the past 30 years, the temperature in this area has increased from 0.15-0.16 degrees Celsius per decade.

In Nepal, the Imja glacier in the south of Mount Everest has receded at about 70 meters per year, and this water is forming many large ice lakes."There have been many studies showing that the surface of some lakes is increasing by 150-200% and there is a risk of rupture," said Andreas Schild, a conference delegate.

And Tsering Sherpa, president of Nepal Climbing Association and also an environmental official of the United Nations, said that global warming is also affecting the 'world roof': '10 years ago, autumn was seen. is the best season on Mount Everest, but now, spring is the best season. This is due to the impact of global warming . '

According to him, the rise in global temperature could be prevented, provided that countries had to make great efforts, including high emissions of greenhouse gas emissions to voluntarily cut carbon dioxide .

WALL VY