Tadjikistan/Afghanistan border, 2018. • • • #solotravel #backpacking #overland #overlanding #tadjikistan #afghanistan #travel #photography #nature #mountains #river #hindukush

#Hindukush vs. #Hellmarsh, London

https://youtube.com/watch?v=OClTovweqDI&si=KA0YfqHEAqwyPruY
#Assange
> Ein paar kurze Gedanken zu Assange aus dem donnerstagnachmittaglich leeren EU-Parlament in Straßburg. Mehr Inhalt als in der gesamten Stellungnahme der EU-Ko...

Climate Change Impact Assessment On The Hydrological Regime Of The Kaligandaki Basin, Nepal
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.12.332 <-- shared paper
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“HIGHLIGHTS
• The rise in temperature and increase in precipitation is projected in future in Kaligandaki River basin.
• The water availability in the basin is not likely to decrease during this century.
• The change in water balance in the upper sub-basins of Kaligandaki River is higher.
• The output from this research could be beneficial for water resources management..."
#GIS #spatial #mapping #Nepal #Kaligandaki #riverbasin #basin #river #hydrology #model #modeling #numericmodeling #climatechange #temperature #precipitation #ET ##waterresources #water #watersecurity #waterbalance #impactassessment #humanimpacts #freshwater #HinduKush #himalayas #SWAT #prediction #projection #cimip5 #gcm #waterbalance #snowmelt #evapotranspiration #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal

Rising Temperatures Speeding Up Himalayan Glacier Loss

The report from the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development in Kathmandu finds that #glaciers in the #HinduKush and #Himalaya mountain range region melted 65% faster from 2010 through 2019 than in the previous decade.
The finding adds to a growing body of evidence that the consequences of #ClimateChange are speeding up, and that some changes will be irreversible.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/19/climate/himalayas-melting-water-source.html

#ClimateCrisis #Cryosphere

Himalayan glaciers may lose 75 percent of ice by 2100

#Glaciers in Asia’s #HinduKush #Himalaya's are melting at unprecedented rates and could lose up to 75 percent of their volume by century’s end, scientists have said, warning of dangerous #flooding and #water shortages for the 2 billion people who live downstream of the dozen rivers that originate in the mountainous region.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/6/20/himalayan-glaciers-may-lose-75-percent-of-ice-by-2100-report

#ClimateCrisis #Cryosphere #ICIMOD

Magnitude 6.5 #earthquake in #HinduKush about 20 minutes ago. It's deep so hopefully not too harmful. Signal on station IU.KBL (Kabul, Afghanistan)
https://www.emsc-csem.org/Earthquake/earthquake.php?id=1240146

I love wikipedia pages with embedded in-jokes. I found a mountain page where only failed ascents are listed, and only amusing failures are detailed. No mention of successful ascents, not even the first. And it's only funny if you know why. (No link because some humourless pedant might edit it.)

#InJokes #Wikipedia #mountaineering #mountains #HinduKush #HinduKushHimalaya

Magnitude 5.9 #earthquake in the #HinduKush region, #Afghanistan about 30 minutes ago (2023-01-05Z14:25).
Deep (200 km) as is typical for the region so I don't expect much damage although there may be localized shaking. Note the absence of surface waves as is typical for a deep earthquake.
Signal on station IU.KBL (Kabul, Afghanistan) made freely available via #IRIS and displayed using @obspy software. https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us7000j2b9/executive