US EditionArtificial glaciers boost water supply in northern Pakistan
- Farmers in Pakistan's Skardu valley created ice towers to combat water scarcity on March 18, 2025.
- Climate change caused warmer winters and reduced snowfall, impacting water availability for apple and apricot orchards.
- Farmers watched videos of Sonam Wangchuk, an Indian activist, who piped and sprayed water to form ice cones.
- Professor Zakir stated, "water must be propelled so that it freezes creating ice towers" when temperatures drop.
- Ice stupas provide water access to over 16,000 residents and help crops survive dry periods, multiplying harvests.
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Gilgit Baltistan farmers make artificial glaciers to boost water supply
This aerial photograph, taken on March 18, 2025, shows a man looking at an artificial glacier built by local residents during winters to conserve water for the summers at Pari village in Kharmang district, in the mountainous Gilgit Baltistan region. — AFPHUSSAINABAD: Beneath the towering,...
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Artificial glaciers boost water supply in northern Pakistan
At the foot of Pakistan's impossibly high mountains whitened by frost all year round, farmers grappling with a lack of water have created their own ice towers.
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In the mountains of northern Pakistan, the melting of global warming forces all kinds of solutions, including the 'marriage' between 'macho' and 'female' glaciers, an ancient technique that now receives the interest of scientists and the support of the UN ARCHIVE - Images of a hundred years of climbing to Everest: "It's the scene of a crime" In the territory of Baltistan, in the shadow of the K2 and between the Karakorum mountain ranges and the …
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