Third Pole on Thin Ice
Published: Apr 28, 2019
Photo courtesy: CCO
Several water level recorders have been set up by NCPOR along the Chandra river and Chandra Tal, the source of the river. A view of the lake situated in the Spiti part of the Lahaul and Spiti district of Himachal Pradesh.
Abstract: Himalayan glaciers influence the water regimes of major river systems in Asia and help sustain more than a billion people from several countries. Changing climate is threatening the health of Himalayan glaciers and potentially increasing hazards like glacier lake outburst flood, avalanches and landslides.
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