US EditionNepal holds tribute for disappearing glacier
- More than fifty participants, including local residents and glacier experts, undertook a challenging high-altitude journey to Nepal's Yala Glacier in the Langtang Valley on Monday to hold a ceremony highlighting the glacier's rapid decline caused by climate change.
- The ceremony followed years of observation revealing that since 1974, the Yala glacier has lost two-thirds of its surface area and its terminus has withdrawn nearly 800 meters, a change attributed to rising global temperatures.
- Buddhist monks performed rituals and attendees unveiled granite plaques bearing messages highlighting the glacier's role in research and climate awareness.
- Sharad Prasad Joshi, a cryosphere expert at ICIMOD, revealed that over the four decades he has observed this glacier, it has diminished to half its original size.
- Experts warn Yala may disappear by the 2040s, signaling urgent need for global action as Himalayan glaciers support nearly two billion people.
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Locals, Glaciologists Gather to Pay Tribute to Dying Glacier Yala of Nepal Himalayas
Get latest articles and stories on World at LatestLY. Locals and glaciologists from four glaciated countries in the Hindu Kush Himalayas (HKH) gathered to mark the accelerating disappearance of Nepal's Yala Glacier in Langtang on Tuesday. World News | Locals, Glaciologists Gather to Pay Tribute to Dying Glacier Yala of Nepal Himalayas.
Locals, glaciologists gather to pay tribute to dying glacier Yala of Nepal Himalayas
Kathmandu, May 13 (PTI) Locals and glaciologists from four glaciated countries in the Hindu Kush Himalayas (HKH) gathered to mark the accelerating disappearance of Nepal’s Yala Glacier in Langtang on Tuesday. Yala, which has shrunk by 66 per cent and retreated 784 metres since it was first measured in the 1970s, is projected to be one of the first Nepali glaciers to join the growing numbers of glaciers declared “dead” globally, according to a st…
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