Nabin Lamichhane:
Manang, 5 December(RSS): While climate change is being talked about all over the world, anyone can see its effects directly in the Himalayan district of Manang.
Tilicho Lake, located in Nepal’s Annapurna range and one of the highest-altitude lakes in the world, is experiencing shrinkage attributed to climate change. Rising global temperatures are causing accelerated glacial melt, reducing the glaciers that feed the lake. Additionally, erratic weather patterns and reduced snowfall exacerbate the loss of water volume.
This shrinking is a stark indicator of the Himalayas’ vulnerability to climate change, impacting local ecosystems, water availability, and biodiversity. Preserving such natural treasures requires global and local action on climate adaptation and mitigation.
Due to lack of snowfall, heavy rains, floods, landslides and melting glaciers, along with the changes in nature, people’s lives have also started to be affected. The glaciers here are disappearing, while the Tilicho lake, located at the highest place in the world, is shrinking due to landslides. Tourists who come here have started to worry about the shrinking of this lake, which is becoming a major destination for domestic and foreign tourists.
Similarly, the local government here has taken steps to protect Gangapurnatal, Greental and Clean Lake. Climate change may show future generations that White Himal and Himtal were like this only in pictures, so it is important to be serious.
