Posts tagged "Himalayas"
Global Warming Paradox: Himalayan Artificial Glaciers
People living on the slopes of the Himalayas called him “the man of the glaciers.” With his inventions, Cheawang Norphel, engineer of 77 years, is fighting at the local effects of global warming that threatens dozens of villages. The glaciers are retreating and is missing the water that is used to irrigate the fields...
Himalayan Glaciers Grow Despite Global Warming
Studies have found that glaciers in parts of the greater Himalayas are growing, despite the worldwide trend of the melting of ice due to warmer temperatures. In the Karakoram mountain range on the border of Pakistan and China, researchers said that the Himalayan glaciers have defied global warming and became larger over a decade. Three dimensional...
