Climate change in Pakistan: Melting glaciers threaten millions

[@electronicsNmore]

They act like this is the first time glaciers are melting or moving Northward in that area. The Earth is 4.5 billion years old, it happened many times before. This is just one of many cycles.

[@gregleavitt1255]

Yes, all major extinction events, your point?

[@electronicsNmore]

First of all the events take place over hundreds or thousands of years. My point is, it's out of our control. It's cyclical

[@gregleavitt1255]

@@electronicsNmore Yep, we're just squirrels.

[@electronicsNmore]

@@gregleavitt1255 Another brainwashed and brain damaged lefty.

[@jamiebridges7122]

The mountains worldwide are rumbling so it seems 😢

[@DIDIpsyche1]

I just had to pause the video to say that the glaciers are absolutely breath taking!

[@openairexercisesphysicalfi3217]

Unchecked tourism to Pakistan's northern areas is damaging the eco system of the area. Just like Netherlands, Pakistan should also control tourism with minimal environmental damage. Water reservoirs should be built to control wastage of precious natural resource. Tree preservation and plantation to be strictly ensured in northern areas

[@ToudaHell]

Climate change is the main culprit. You can try to blame it on anything else but that's just scapegoating. The climbing temperatures are accelerating melting the glaciers that feed into the biggest rivers in Asia. (Aka. The amount of melting exceeds ice accumulation every year) Even if Pakistan stop tourism right now, it wouldn't do any good. That cracking is the sound of all environmental scientists hearts breaking because these floods has been predicted for decades as part of our worst case scenarios.

[@pepper2240]

They can't even control their own government forget about tourism

[@Panjeethindulindu]

​@@pepper2240I am Pakistani and..... 100 percent correct

[@salley199]

Imran Khan started billion trees project..but with his outst..now everything through out the window 😢

[@prg2457]

Kamal Haider, great reported, in fat and ionic reported of Al Jazeera from Pakistan

[@prakritighodki1192]

Thanks Al Jazeera team for updating us timely with valuable information as always. 🙏

[@RohitVermaJaiBhim]

Pakistan sawt valley and Kashmir has stunning views ... Tourist spots ...

[@DerekJeterrl]

Bro was dripping unfathomably hard af with that scarf though

[@prakritighodki1192]

Due to climate change weather events are becoming more frewuent and severe , it's a major concern.

[@OldScientist]

"The glacier was far away but has moved closer." 1:33 Doesn't that mean the glacier is getting bigger? Anyway the main drivers of glacial advance or retreat is not changing global temperature but changes in precipitation patterns.

[@gaminghighlights2481]

No, it’s not getting bigger. In the summer when temperatures are higher, some of the glacier melts and moves forwards. Then later in winter it freezes, it stays in one place. This is a slow process and takes many years for the glacier to move. However due to higher temperatures, much of the glacier melts in the summer, speeding up the process. Not only that higher temperatures also result in higher rainfall as more of the glacier melts, evaporates, condenses and rains.

[@rangodenalo6185]

Lol KZbin university climate experts

[@OldScientist]

@gaminghighlights2481 The retreat of Himalayan glaciers began before the current warming and was caused by reduced precipitation (Shekhar, 2017. Singh, 2020.). This supported by further work done by Schneider (2014), and Chen (2019). The retreat was due to a reduction in precipitation. Currently, precipitation is half of what it was 20 years previously. Research by Salerno (2015) "challenges the assumption of the main driver [i.e. temperature] of glacier mass changes". Satellite data shows the glaciers in the Karakoram largely unaffected by current warming. Of 1219 glaciers surveyed, 79.5% were stable, 5.3% were advancing, and 7.6% retreating (Rankl, 2014). Swiss Alps glacier extents were smaller than 2000 C.E. during the warmer-than-today Roman and Medieval Warm Periods and throughout 75% of the Holocene, or when temperatures were 1-3°C warmer (Schimmelpfennig et al., 2022). Glaciologists Bohleber et al, 2020 of the Austrian Academy of Science discovered from ice cores that the 3500-meter high Weißseespitze summit was ice free 5900 years ago. There is “no evidence” that Jostedalsbreen, a southern Norway glacier, even existed during the first several thousand years of the Holocene, or when CO2 hovered near 260 ppm (Winker, 2021). There is no objective observational evidence that we are living in a global climate crisis. Glacial retreat is certainly not evidence of this.

[@OldScientist]

@rangodenalo6185 The retreat of Himalayan glaciers began before the current warming and was caused by reduced precipitation (Shekhar, 2017. Singh, 2020.). This supported by further work done by Schneider (2014), and Chen (2019). The retreat was due to a reduction in precipitation. Currently, precipitation is half of what it was 20 years previously. Research by Salerno (2015) "challenges the assumption of the main driver [i.e. temperature] of glacier mass changes". Satellite data shows the glaciers in the Karakoram largely unaffected by current warming. Of 1219 glaciers surveyed, 79.5% were stable, 5.3% were advancing, and 7.6% retreating (Rankl, 2014). Swiss Alps glacier extents were smaller than 2000 C.E. during the warmer-than-today Roman and Medieval Warm Periods and throughout 75% of the Holocene, or when temperatures were 1-3°C warmer (Schimmelpfennig et al., 2022). Glaciologists Bohleber et al, 2020 of the Austrian Academy of Science discovered from ice cores that the 3500-meter high Weißseespitze summit was ice free 5900 years ago. There is “no evidence” that Jostedalsbreen, a southern Norway glacier, even existed during the first several thousand years of the Holocene, or when CO2 hovered near 260 ppm (Winker, 2021). There is no objective observational evidence that we are living in a global climate crisis. Glacial retreat is certainly not evidence of this.

[@MarshallHendrix-nx2gg]

Found the American Republican!

[@luisrivera3056]

It's too late to stop global warming and it's here to stay, every government that has suffered major flooding needs to start implementing drainage systems as the ones installed in New Orleans after Katrina, and underground water reservoirs will also be needed in drought prone areas.

[@gregleavitt1255]

Unfortunately, the side-effects are much more complex than merely flooding, as you're seeing around the world right now. The problem is much bigger than Red & Blue, Communist vs Capitalist, Us vs Them, or any other human spawned dramas. It's larger than our world economies combined. Any artificial bandaids we can apply to the wound (cloud seeding or reflective shields or so on) will be short-sighted and prone to failure as with all human endeavors. It's food and water supply, sea levels, catastrophic storms, extremes in all forms of weather on land and sea globally. We already see weather refugees now who are getting out of Dodge while they can (mainly the rich who can sell and get some money for their properties and uproot to cheaper, safer areas) and this is just the tip of the proverbial iceberg. Whether we caused it or are magnifying it may be too complicated to calculate and debate conclusively, if only in hindsight. But it certainly is changing, as you said. And major changes to the planet coincide with major extinction events. It may become the first time that all of humanity has had to communicate and work together on something, to go to war with a force greater than ourselves.

[@luisrivera3056]

@@gregleavitt1255 The melting of our polar ice caps ends all hope of deflecting solar rays at the scale needed to produce any effect, one can also argue that our earth didn't always have polar ice caps and what we are witnessing is or may be the end of the ice age.

[@gregleavitt1255]

@@luisrivera3056 Is the end of it for sure. And the end of the planet as we've known it for millennia. So, it'll be interesting.

[@lulilulu8172]

What’s that smell? Oh I know the Lindus are below!

[@gal_targareayn6721]

The whole Pakistan threatens the world but that's a discussion for another day

[@luciferjohnson8495]

Indian ?or just a hateful racist person ?

[@dingdingdingding2871]

No like the hindutva terror mob

[@gal_targareayn6721]

@justaguy.2789 I was not talking only about India.... I was talking about the whole world.... With their terrorists groups and their grooming gangs

[@pratikmadavi5577]

In pakistans karanchi there was massive protest of pakistan minorities againsg foeced conversion of girls amd murder of sikh.......hope you will show it😊

[@ansh_u_r]

It is India not Pakistan...the region is illegaly occupied by Pakistan.

[@IamJustAli]

Nobody cares about your opinion. Thank you.

[@jvs333]

Laughable nonsense. India under its colonial British masters was expanded under the greed of British colonialism to colonize other territories (Pakistan and China) after the end of British rule India in its delusional state believed those British colonized territories were Indian. They weren’t and are not. India is a deranged nation of delusional narcissist. Laughable that they think they can compete with China LOL!

[@asliaffan]

this is pakistan, keep crying

[@Factomedi]

This region is GB which is Pakistan and jammu Kashmir is an illegal annexation against the will of people to India.

[@joomla.]

Wishful thinking.

[@lalagirl211]

Pakistan will suffer the most on climate change.

[@N1Birfly]

And terrorist attack 💣

[@imranmunsif2351]

Allah (all glory, praise and greatness be to Him) will protect Pakistan, by His mercy. Allahu Akbar! Allahu Akbar! Allahu Akbar! Allahu Akbar! Allahu Akbar! Allahu Akbar! Allahu Akbar! Allahu Akbar! Allahu Akbar! Allahu Akbar! Allahu Akbar! Allahu Akbar! Allahu Akbar! Allahu Akbar! Allahu Akbar! SubhanAllah! SubhanAllah! SubhanAllah! SubhanAllah! SubhanAllah! SubhanAllah! SubhanAllah! SubhanAllah! SubhanAllah! SubhanAllah! La Ilaha IllAllah! La Ilaha IllAllah! La Ilaha IllAllah! La Ilaha IllAllah! La Ilaha IllAllah! La Ilaha IllAllah! La Ilaha IllAllah! La Ilaha IllAllah! La Ilaha IllAllah! La Ilaha IllAllah! AlhamduLillah! AlhamduLillah! AlhamduLillah! AlhamduLillah! AlhamduLillah! AlhamduLillah! AlhamduLillah! AlhamduLillah! AlhamduLillah! AlhamduLillah! AlhamduLillah! AlhamduLillah! Allahumma Salli Ala Nabi Muhammad! Allahumma Salli Ala Nabi Muhammad! Allahumma Salli Ala Nabi Muhammad! Allahumma Salli Ala Nabi Muhammad! Allahumma Salli Ala Nabi Muhammad!

[@m0hammaddekalyllandvichaishadi]

Curse of Hindu Kush 😂😗🤩🤩🤩🤣🤣🤣

[@jawadkhan3778]

We gotta act togather to reduce of greed for more and move to greener climate friendly options otherwise human race dont have any future

[@FileOperationsGF]

Pakistan main climate change ki bari waja barhti hui housing societies hain inho nay pooray mulk per qabza kar lia hay zari zameeno ko hills ko housing societies main badal dia hay koi to roko inko

[@salmanahmed7402]

Sir Mohsin

[@SolarSyncs]

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[@sam.p0208]

After India take back pok .. they are going to take care of it.... It's really important for the good of these people......

[@nissanmotor303]

Donot know about pok but Pakistan is definitely going to take back iok and take care of every thing there.

[@sam.p0208]

@@nissanmotor303 your Pakistan can't even control his own territory, don't have money, begging all over the world.... Bomb blast every day... And he is going to take Indian land😅😅🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 ... Nice jokes gandu.... In your dreams.🤣

[@aqeelkhurshid4860]

Kashmiris will liberate themsleves from the illegal occupation of India. Khalistan, and Nagas will also be free, China and nepal will take back their lands. All of these areas/territories are illegally occupied by India

[@sam.p0208]

@@Narrative711 gandu. Your brave Pakistani army have always lost against us... Remember 1971 war with 93000 soldiers 🤣🤣🤣🤣... We won't attack pok, the people of pok will fight against Pakistan just like Baluchistan.... Pok himself will merge into India 👍👍👍👍👍🙏😅

[@hke.4475]

​@@sam.p0208chup be kaafir

[@NaturalFitnessgy]

The earth wants us gone

[@emandas5640]

It's Pakistan disputed gilgit balistan

[@emandas5640]

@@Narrative711 already ruled militant

[@mohdnorzaihar2632]

snow making machine all over the mountain pilot project

[@mohsdef]

Baltoro glacier

[@bargdaffy1535]

Not really a problem because there aren't going to be any Humans by 2050. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@AhmadUmar-l9j]

😢😢😢😢😢🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@ToudaHell]

These floods were predicted in 2009 in a climate change podcast. The subsequent drought that'll happen when the glaciers melt completely is also predicted. This is why I gave up on environmentalism. It's too late to do anything so there's no point. P.s. I have a post grad in environmemtal sciences.

[@CHIEF_420]

Estás una ignorante nihilista jajaja. Menos población y menos coches están soluciones. Humanos tienen muchas opciones para sobrevivir

[@saraamir1208]

Nothing lasts forever

[@cheebee2659]

no, thing lasts forever theres no such thing as nothing 🤪

[@javiersantos4385]

Diction much?

[@303Scott]

We've heard this one before with Glacier National Park in the US. The glaciers are growing again.

[@drkstrong]

FALSE! "The myth states that Montana’s cold, snowy winters and “extreme amounts of snowfall” have not only halted the decades-long trend of glacier retreat, but in fact, have caused glaciers to expand. If true, that would be welcome news. Alas, it isn’t. The U.S. Geological Survey spells it out in plain language: “Despite occasional big winters or frigid weeks that occur, the glaciers of GNP, like most glaciers worldwide, are melting as long-term average temperatures increase.”

[@303Scott]

@@drkstrong Is that why they took the signs down about the shrinking glaciers? LOL. Also, long-term temps aren't increasing according to satellite data. Only ground data is showing warming from the urban heat-island effect. You are suffering from a media-induced mass delusion.