Increasing Temperature causing Retreat of Glaciers in Zanskar Valley, Ladakh

Increasing Temperature and Low Winter Precipitation are causing Retreat of Glaciers in Zanskar Valley, Ladakh.

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Since 2015, the Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology (WIHG) at Dehradun, an autonomous body under the Department of Science and Technology, has been working on various aspects on glaciology.

A team of scientists from the institute ventured to study the less explored region of the Himalayas at Zanskar in Ladakh.

The study also said that field observations for four years (2015–2019) showed that the glacier is now retreating at an average rate of 6.7 plus/minus 3 metre per annum.