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Due to lack of snowfall, glaciers are melting rapidly. Not only this, the speed of their breakage has also increased. Even though it is bitterly cold in these areas, snow is missing from the peaks. Himalaya is the highest mountain range in the world. Not only this, it is also considered to be the most sensitive.
Vijay Upreti/Pithoragarh: The effect of changing weather cycles is clearly visible on the peaks of the Himalayas, which were seen wrapped in white sheets of snow throughout the year. These days she has become completely black. The biggest reason for this change in weather is the continuously rising mercury. If the situation remains like this, it is certain that a lot will change in the coming years. There has been no snowfall in the Higher Himalayas for a long time. The result is that even the peaks at a height of more than 15 thousand feet have started appearing black these days.
Temperature increased by 3 degrees in 10 years
Due to lack of snowfall, glaciers are melting rapidly. Not only this, the speed of their breakage has also increased. Even though it is bitterly cold in these areas, snow is missing from the peaks. Himalaya is the highest mountain range in the world. Not only this, it is also considered to be the most sensitive. Despite this, the temperature here is increasing by 3 degrees in ten years. This speed of rising mercury is the highest in the world in the Himalayan region.
The coming times could be very dangerous
Senior Scientist Dr. PC Tiwari says that the speed with which the environment is changing in the Himalayan range. Its consequences can be quite fatal in the future. Due to global warming, the Himalayan mountain range is rising at a rate of 10 percent every year. Not only this, the Himalayas are also the most densely populated area in the world. In such a situation, the changes taking place in these areas can create problems for the population of crores. This change has also come due to rampant construction work in the Himalayan range. Not only this, excessive human interference has also directly affected the environment here.
Every year Gangotri glacier is retreating 15 meters.
The situation is such that every year the Gangotri glacier is retreating 15 meters. Hem Pandey, who has been Secretary in the Ministry of Forest and Environment in the Government of India, says that the Himalayas are being exploited the most. Rampant construction work has changed the map of the Himalayas. There has also been a 15 percent decrease in rainfall in the Himalayas in the last 20 years, due to which the water crisis is continuously deepening. The result is that in the last 10 years, more than two hundred water sources in the Central Himalayas have completely dried up. In such a situation, if no concrete planning is done regarding the environment, then it is certain that agriculture, employment as well as human health will have to pay the price.
