Afghanistan: Climate Change Threatens Glaciers in Afghanistan: Experts

Jan 6, 2021 | Khaled Nikzad, TOLOnews
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There are nearly 4,000 glaciers lying up high in various regions of Afghanistan, but the climate change is severely threatening these highly important sources of water, according to international organizations and experts. According to Geographic Information System and remote sensing research carried out by the International Center for Integrated Mounted Development (ICIMOD), Afghanistan has 3,620 ‘clean ice glaciers’, which are made up of snow layers that remain from one year to next in high altitude regions and are typically white or blue-white in color.