The visible impact of climate change
According to JC Kuniyal of the Centre for Environmental Assessment and Climate Change, GB Pant Institute, Almora, seasonal changes are being seen all over the world. The effect of climate change has also been seen on Om Parvat. Global temperature is increasing and the glaciers are being affected the most by it. He said that the incidents of forest fires and their scope are increasing. Black carbon emitted from forest fires affects glaciers. For the good health of the glacier, there should be good grass in the grasslands below it. The forests of the alpine region should be healthy. Due to all this, the temperature remains balanced. All these need to be looked at together.
The United Nations had already warned
According to the 2022 report of the United Nations, one-third of the glaciers in the Himalayan region are at risk of global warming. Due to rising temperatures, the rate of melting of glaciers has increased since 2000. Every year 58 billion tons of ice is melting from the glaciers. This is equal to the total water consumption of France and Spain. At the same time, according to The International Center for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD), the rate of temperature rise in the Hindukush Himalayan region is much higher than the global rate. In the winter of 2023-24, there was record low snowfall in the entire region. Especially in the Western Himalayas, there was very little or no snowfall at all.
According to the IMD report for the year 2023, there was a change of more than two degrees in temperature in October, November and December after the monsoon in Uttarakhand. Also, the rainfall after winter also decreased significantly. This year there was severe heat in the plains and mountainous areas of Uttarakhand. The temperature of Dehradun reached 44 degrees. According to glaciologist Dr. Anil Deshmukh, the temperature in the Himalayas is increasing more rapidly than in other parts of the country. This is called 'altitude effect'. Temperature also increases with increasing altitude. Therefore, seasonal snow is now melting rapidly in winter and spring along with summer. The disappearance of snow on Om Parvat is proof of this. It is a symbol of the change taking place in the mountain region. Assessment of the last 30 to 40 years shows that the amount of snowfall is decreasing and the scope of rain is increasing
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