#gilgit — Public Fediverse posts

Only 167 snow leopards left in Pakistan

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://dailytimes.com.pk/1388745/only-167-snow-leopards-left-in-pakistan/

#ClimateChange and anthropogenic nature destruction in the name of "development" continue to wreck havoc across the most vulnerable areas first.

And by that I mean mountainous communities in the vicinity of melting #Glaciers. If you live in the Alps or any area classed as a mountain range, I'd be packing up to move to flatter terrain outside flood zones at the foothills.

https://www.dawn.com/news/1905977/landslides-continue-in-gb-even-as-rains-subside

#Pakistan #SouthAsia #Gilgit #GLOF #GlobalWarming #GlobalSouth #ClimateCrisis #ClimateDiary

I often remark to friends about #Pakistan 's mountainous north being unsuitable for life now thanks to #ClimateChange induced melting, flooding, and landslides.

The #Karakorum #Highway the world's highest such motorway connecting Pak to #China should be thought of a "seasonal" road now, gets washed away on an annual basis, sometimes more frequently.

We cannot afford to rebuild every year!

https://www.dawn.com/news/1853216/karakoram-highway-blocked-as-floods-ravage-gb

#ClimateCrisis #ClimateDiary #Heatwave #GLOF #SouthAsia #FlashFlood #Gilgit

Further north, in #Pakistan 's mountainous province of #GilgitBaltistan, a #heatwave the past week has cause #FlashFlood and #GLOF or a Glacial Lake Outburst Flow, a wall of water that floods down mountains once it's ice wall melts and breaks like a dam.

GLOFs have become "common" in Northern Pakistan in the past decade, washing away infrastructure, towns and farms almost annually.

https://www.dawn.com/news/1849999/gb-rivers-flood-as-heatwave-melts-glaciers

#ClimateCrisis #ClimateChange #ClimateDiary #ClimateDeaths #SouthAsia #Gilgit #Paktodon