Pakistan It is one of the few countries in the world Climate change are being badly affected by and located in Pakistan due to increase in severity of seasons and rising temperature Glaciers The melting process is accelerating.
This year too, the usual snowfall in the northern regions of Pakistan started three months late and the heat wave has endangered the large glaciers spread in the Karakoram region.
After the North and South Poles in the world, the northern regions of Pakistan have the most and largest glaciers, including the second largest glacier in the Karakoram region, Baltoro, which is 63 kilometers long.
Independent Urdu correspondent Mona Khan has trekked on Baltoro Glacier for 12 days, during which the changing and melting situation of the glacier was observed and photographed.
Due to climate change, 25 to 30 small lakes have formed on the Baltoro Glacier, which are formed due to the melting of the ice.
Apart from this, huge icebergs are also turning into caves during the process of melting.
The Baltoro Glacier, which was like a hard rock whose surface could not be explored till date, is now subject to erosion. This situation may become more disturbing in the coming ten years, which is very important to address.
Floods have also become common in the hilly areas due to the melting of glaciers for the past three years. The floods of 2022 which originated from the northern regions also caused massive loss of life and property across Pakistan.
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The glaciers of Gilgit and Hunza are also at risk of melting due to lower altitude.
While Peju mountain in front of Peju camp site near Baltoro Glacier, whose peaks were covered with snow all year round, but now according to local people, the snow on these peaks also melts in the summer months for the last two to three years.
Climate change expert Asif Shuja while talking to Independent Urdu said that the developing countries are producing carbon dioxide gas which is weakening the ozone layer due to which the heat of the sun is also increasing.
According to him: ‘The average global temperature is increasing by 1.5 and if it increases to an average of two temperatures, there will be a lot of destruction. Glaciers will melt, causing floods.
“The oceans will fill up, which could lead to the loss of coastal areas, food shortages.” The solution is that the developed countries voluntarily try to control the global temperature.
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2024-09-01 12:55:18
