Global climate change has hit hard every place on earth and humans have been failing all their efforts to either restrict it or lessen its effects. Though humans have always been active in finding alternatives to the possibilities that the earth offers. These alternatives have often their own repercussions, inviting yet other challenges to be dealt with. This is largely due to the trampling of boundaries set by nature in the guise of the contemporary yet temporary ways of life. As Vidal De L...
Global Warming
Suspecting famine, Sankoo village develops Artificial Glacier
KARGIL, JANUARY 02, 2022: The month of December has passed away but Ladakh has not received snowfall yet to meet the water supply for irrigation and other requirements. The farmers in Ladakh are distributing alms and conducting congregations seeking grace from Almighty Allah for snowfall this winter.
Amidst all the concerns, the people of Khalamarpoo and Chumikchan village of Sankoo Sub Division has embarked on developing artificial glaciers to deal with water scarcity during the summer s...
ہمالیہ کے گلیشیئرز کا رقبہ 8,400 مربع کلومیٹر کم
لندن: یونیورسٹی آف لیڈز، برطانیہ کے سائنسدانوں نے کہا ہے کہ ہمالیائی گلیشیئر غیرمعمولی تیزی سے پگھل رہے ہیں اور صرف چند دہائیوں میں ان کے رقبے میں 8,400 مربع کلومیٹر کی کمی ہوچکی ہے۔
آن لائن ریسرچ جرنل ’سائنٹفک رپورٹس‘ کے تازہ شمارے میں شائع شدہ ایک تحقیق میں ڈاکٹر جوناتھن کیری وِک اور ان کے ساتھیوں نے خدشہ ظاہر کیا ہے کہ اگر ہمالیائی برفانی تودے (گلیشیئرز) اسی تیزی سے پگھلتے رہے تو شاید یہ ہمارے اندازوں سے بہت پہلے ختم ہوجائیں گے اور جنوبی ایشیا کے کروڑوں افراد کو بدترین آبی قلت کا سامنا کرن...
Shrinking Sapi Lake, a Major Concern for Villagers
The existence of people inhabited in the ranges of the Himalayas widely depends upon the glaciers for water. In fact, all living things from microorganisms to plants are dependent on Himalayan glaciers for their existence. Such a case is of Kanoor village where human beings, flora, and fauna are dependent on the receding Sapi lake, locally known as Sapi Tso.
These glaciers are formed by means of snow accumulation when the residue of monsoon traveled from the sea towards north India. It is...
Receding Glaciers of Ladakh – A Clarion Call
Ladakh is often called an “Arid desert” as it falls in “rain shadow zone”. The main sources of irrigation are perennial rivers fed by glaciers and streams fed by seasonal snow and aquifers with catchment confined within spurs. While gravity canals taking off from rivers irrigate moderate to low laying land along river valleys, small water channels known as “khul” in revenue parlance taking off from streams irrigate land on higher contours in valley settlements.
Till recent past, Ladakh us...