Geologists Are Hunting for Camouflaged ‘Rock Glaciers’ Vital to Global Freshwater Supplies
The average person’s idea of how climate change might someday plunge the world into a series of post-apocalyptic, fresh-water resource wars probably focuses on the simple equation that rising temperatures equal more drought. But the reality is a bit more unusual, according to a recent report by the United Nations’ World Meteorological Organization. Think of the world’s mountain glaciers, like those now melting in the Himalayas, as their own kind of freshwater savings account, keeping potable water on literal ice for judicious, naturally timed releases into nearby rivers and underground aquifers.
- ▪The average person’s idea of how climate change might someday plunge the world into a series of post-apocalyptic, fresh-water resource wars probably focuses on the simple equation that rising temperatures equal more drought.
- ▪But the reality is a bit more unusual, according to a recent report by the United Nations’ World Meteorological Organization.
- ▪Think of the world’s mountain glaciers, like those now melting in the Himalayas, as their own kind of freshwater savings account, keeping potable water on literal ice for judicious, naturally timed releases into nearby rivers and undergroun
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The average person’s idea of how climate change might someday plunge the world into a series of post-apocalyptic, fresh-water resource wars probably focuses on the simple equation that rising temperatures equal more drought. But the reality is a bit more unusual, according to a recent report by the United Nations’ World Meteorological Organization. Think of the world’s mountain glaciers, like those now melting in the Himalayas, as their own kind of freshwater savings account, keeping potable water on literal ice for judicious, naturally timed releases into nearby rivers and underground aquifers.
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