80% of the Himalayas in danger of extinction
Scientists from various countries studied the effects of global warming in a 4.1 million square kilometer area stretching from Afghanistan in the west to Myanmar in the east.
The report published by the International Center for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) after the investigation, Hindu Kush AND Himalayas It found that glaciers in the range are melting 65 percent faster than 10 years ago.
With a warming of 1.5 to 2 degrees Celsius, the world’s highest mountain range will lose 30 to 50 percent of its volume by 2100, according to the report.
If the world exceeds 3 degrees Celsius of warming, glaciers in Nepal and Bhutan in the eastern Himalayas risk losing 75 percent of their ice, while that rate rises to 80 percent when they rise just one degree. further.
In the report published by ICIMOD in 2019, it was revealed that the average global warming will lose at least a third of the region’s glaciers.
FLOODS, Droughts, Forest Fires, Famine…
According to the World Meteorological Organization, the global annual mean near-surface temperature for each year between 2023 and 2027 is estimated to be between 1.1 and 1.8 degrees Celsius higher than the 1850-1900 average.
Scientists see 1.5 degrees of warming as a major breaking point where the chances of floods, droughts, wildfires and famines may increase.