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    The Fate of The Baltoro Glacier

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    The Baltoro Glacier is located in the Karakoram mountain range in northern Pakistan. It is 63 km long, making it one of the longest glaciers outside the polar regions. Climate change has caused the Baltoro Glacier and other glaciers worldwide to rapidly melt due to rising temperatures. A recent study found the Baltoro Glacier is retreating at a rate of about 6 feet per day due to warmer winds from the nearby mountains. This melting is expected to increase flooding and river levels as more water drains from the Himalayan range. Reducing greenhouse gas emissions, switching to renewable energy sources, and protecting forests can help address the problems caused by climate change.

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    The Baltoro Glacier is located in the Karakoram mountain range in northern Pakistan. It is 63 km long, making it one of the longest glaciers outside the polar regions. Climate change has caused the Baltoro Glacier and other glaciers worldwide to rapidly melt due to rising temperatures. A recent study found the Baltoro Glacier is retreating at a rate of about 6 feet per day due to warmer winds from the nearby mountains. This melting is expected to increase flooding and river levels as more water drains from the Himalayan range. Reducing greenhouse gas emissions, switching to renewable energy sources, and protecting forests can help address the problems caused by climate change.

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    The Baltoro Glacier is located in the Karakoram mountain range in northern Pakistan. It is 63 km long, making it one of the longest glaciers outside the polar regions. Climate change has caused the Baltoro Glacier and other glaciers worldwide to rapidly melt due to rising temperatures. A recent study found the Baltoro Glacier is retreating at a rate of about 6 feet per day due to warmer winds from the nearby mountains. This melting is expected to increase flooding and river levels as more water drains from the Himalayan range. Reducing greenhouse gas emissions, switching to renewable energy sources, and protecting forests can help address the problems caused by climate change.

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    The Fate of The Baltoro Glacier

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    Taha Siddiqui
    The Baltoro Glacier is located in the Karakoram mountain range in northern Pakistan. It is 63 km long, making it one of the longest glaciers outside the polar regions. Climate change has caused the Baltoro Glacier and other glaciers worldwide to rapidly melt due to rising temperatures. A recent study found the Baltoro Glacier is retreating at a rate of about 6 feet per day due to warmer winds from the nearby mountains. This melting is expected to increase flooding and river levels as more water drains from the Himalayan range. Reducing greenhouse gas emissions, switching to renewable energy sources, and protecting forests can help address the problems caused by climate change.

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    Glaciers of

    Pakistan
    Baltoro Glacier
    Climate Change
    ➢The Baltoro Glacier is located
    in the Karakoram ranges in the Baltistan sub-
    The Baltoro region of the Gilgit-Baltistan region
    of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir.
    Glacier
    ➢The Baltoro Glacier is 63 km (39 mi) in length,
    is one of the longest glaciers outside the polar
    regions.
    ➢It is located in the Shigar District of Gilgit-
    Baltistan in Pakistan, home to some of the
    world’s highest mountains.
    ➢The glacier runs through the Karakoram
    mountain range, close to Chogori or K2, the
    highest mountain in the region at 8,611
    meters (28,251 feet).
    The Effect of Climate
    Change
    on a Glacier • Since the industrial revolution, carbon dioxide
    and other greenhouse gas emissions have
    raised temperatures.
    • Even higher in the poles, and as a
    result, glaciers are rapidly melting, draining
    off into the sea and reaching on land.
    • The Baltoro Glacier is also one of the world's
    many glaciers, affected from this problem
    How the Baltoro Glacier is getting
    affected?
    ➢The recent study suggests that the Baltoro Glacier
    is moving or expanding in area at the rate of about 6 feet (2 metres) per
    day.
    ➢This is due to the effect of climate change resulted due to the
    increasing warmer winds form the upper areas of Asian
    mountain ranges.
    ➢This constant change in temperature will result in excessive amount of
    drainage from the Himalayan range, which would cause large scale
    destruction through rise in river levels and flooding.
    The average yearly temperature change on
    the Baltoro Glacier form 1979 to 2021
    The Causes of Climate Change
    How to overcome the problem of Climate
    Change

    • The most efficient way to overcome Climate Change is the recycling of gases
    before the emission from factories, i.e. using Catalytic converters equipped within
    the chimneys.
    • The next way is to switch from the unreliable and damaging source of
    fuel petroleum, to the environment-friendly Hybrid Electricity.
    • Decrease the uneven cutting of trees, avoiding Deforestation, and sustainable
    forestry.
    • Switching from the Fossil Fuels to renewable energy resources, like Hydro-
    electricity, Solar Power, Wind and Tidal Energy, and the Geothermal energy

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