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gizmo_2655 wrote on May 26 th, 2015 at 4:27pm: ____ wrote on May 26 th, 2015 at 4:24pm: gizmo_2655 wrote on May 26 th, 2015 at 4:14pm: ____ wrote on May 26 th, 2015 at 4:06pm: gizmo_2655 wrote on May 26 th, 2015 at 3:58pm: ____ wrote on May 26 th, 2015 at 3:54pm: gizmo_2655 wrote on May 26 th, 2015 at 3:38pm: ____ wrote on May 26 th, 2015 at 3:35pm: gizmo_2655 wrote on May 26 th, 2015 at 2:54pm: ____ wrote on May 26 th, 2015 at 1:28pm: Both China and India have a major challenge with water/food.
Human caused climate change shrinking the glaciers in the Himalayas that feed rivers in both countries.
Meanwhile the west are planning on hiding behind the Indians in a Indian/China war, be it a physical or cold. Actually, you'll find that it's SNOW melt, not glacier melt that feeds the rivers in India, and possibly China as well. The Tibetan Plateau covers an area of approximately 2,500,000 km2. The glaciers in the Himalayans and Karakoram ranges cover a total area of approximately 40,800km2 and are the sources of the major river systems of the Tibetan Plateau region. These glaciers supply water to almost 1.5 billion people in Asia; almost a quarter of the world’s population. Estimates indicate that approximately six to 45 per cent of flows in the major rivers are dependent on glacial melt; this increases to 70 per cent in summer. Reports indicate that the glaciers in the Himalayas are melting rapidly. An increase in glacial melt could cause significant disruptions to the region’s future water security. The countries that depend most on water from the Tibetan Plateau are Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Thailand and the countries of the Mekong sub-region, Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam. www.futuredirections.org.au/publications/food-and-water-crises/1709-climate-chan... And if the glaciers are melting, it means those countries would receive more water, not less. Also, if the glaciers are the water source for the rivers that supply the countries, doesn't that mean that the glaciers have been melting for thousands, if not millions of years? Correct. i.e major flooding in Bangladesh. And as the glaciers decrease in size due to humans cooking the climate, what happens next to flow from melting glacier water.? The snow fall replenishes it, as has been happening for eons. Precipitation adding to glaciers as in the past is not a certainty with runaway climate change. Thats the thing about runaway climate change, it's like playing russian roulette. Lucky thing we don't have 'runaway climate change' happening then, isn't it?? "Unusual ice The Karakoram is a picturesque chain of snowy peaks along the border of India, Pakistan and China. It's part of the larger Himalaya mountain chain, which is losing its glaciers as the climate warms. Yet observations in the Karakoram region reveal that the glaciers there are stable, and snowfall is increasing instead of decreasing. "I really wanted to dive deeply into why that is," Kapnick said. She and her colleagues collected data on recent precipitation and temperatures from the Pakistan Meteorological Department and other sources, including satellite data. They combined this information with climate models to track changes in three regions of the Himalayas between 1861 and 2100: the Karakoram; the central Himalayas; and the southeast Himalayas which included part of the Tibetan Plateau." http://www.livescience.com/48256-asia-karakoram-glaciers-stability.html Quote:Understanding the snowfall in the Karakoram and the rest of the Himalayas is important for teasing out regional variations in climate change I am not sure why you used this link since it backs human global warming and the retreating of the majority of glaciers, and so the water flow into rivers in India, China and beyond. It backs the posts I have made. No, you posted that the Karakoram glaciers were melting rapidly, that article shows that the opposite is true. I said glaciers of the Himalayas. You found the one exception and in your link they explain why this glacier is the exception currently. Meanwhile the majority of glaciers in the Himalayas are shrinking and putting human civilisation at risk down stream. Usually you are on the ball Gizmo. One bad day in a while must be expected. Take some time off and go for a walk.
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