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An article published by CABAR.asia says that at the local level, saving glaciers is difficult since the primary cause is global greenhouse gas emissions, scientists say. Over the past 70 years, temperatures in the mountains of Tajikistan have risen by 1.5°C. asiaplustj.info »
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has launched a new regional program, Glaciers to Farms, that will promote sustainable water use and food security in Central Asia, the South Caucasus, and Pakistan amid the catastrophic impacts of accelerated glacial melt due to climate change, says press release issued by ADB Tajikistan Resident Mission (TJRM) on November 19. asiaplustj.info »
Khovar news agency reports that Tajik filmmakers are actively working on a documentary titled The Farewell Dance of the Zeravshan Glacier . asiaplustj.info »
High temperature and glacier melting yesterday afternoon, at around 1:30 pm, triggered a mudflow in Lakhsh district (Rasht Valley in eastern Tajikistan) that partially blocked the Surkhob River and flooded a section of the Vahdat-Lakhsh highway. asiaplustj.info »