glaciers
It is a daunting task to respond to someone as eminent as Jack Ives on matters Himalayan (see: Global Warming - A Threat to Mount Everest?). Having read his piece several times, the author feels the need to respond - using the verb with consideration and respect - because he hasn't grasped the seriousness of the situation.
He sets out to assess the "relevancy, accuracy, and...
During the last decade there has been a progressive increase in the number of alarms that link Mount Everest, or other glacierised mountain regions, with global warming. Statements have appeared in the news media, electronic communications, environmental and conservationist publications, and the scientific literature. So it is timely to assess the relevancy, accuracy, and effectiveness of this...
In November 2004, news was flashed around the globe that a delegation of environmentalists would present a petition (Climate Justice Programme 2004) to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) to place the Sagarmatha National Park (SNP) World Heritage Site on UNESCO's List of World Heritage in Danger, citing melting snow and glacier ice as the primary...
In the late 1990s widespread evidence of glacier expansion was found in the central Karakoram, in contrast to a worldwide decline of mountain glaciers. The expansions were almost exclusively in glacier basins from the highest parts of the range and developed quickly after decades of decline. Exceptional numbers of glacier surges were also reported. Unfortunately, there has...
The characteristics of climate and hydrology in mountain areas remain poorly understood relative to lowland areas. High spacial and temporal variability in precipitation, runoff and subsurface flow processes, and stream flow, as well as sparse instrumentation networks and limited historical records of climate and hydrology, contribute to limited understanding of the distribution and movement...
Conservation of high altitude wetlands and lakes in the Himalayas poses an immense challenge to the world. Recent projections on climate change and its impacts on glaciers compound the problem. The WWF High-Altitude Wetlands and Lakes Project is working to met this challenge in three ways:
1) Site-specific work in India, Nepal, Pakistan and China;
2) Partnerships for...
Up to now an efficient 3-D geophysical mapping of the subsurface in mountainous environments with rough terrain has not been possible. A merging approach of several closely spaced 2-D electrical resistivity tomography (ERT) surveys to build up a quasi-3-D model of the electrical resistivity is presented herein as a practical compromise for inferring subsurface characteristics and lithology....
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