Title: The Himalayan Glaciers are Melting
Citation & Link:
Schultz, K., & Sharma, B. (2019, February 04). Rising Temperatures Could Melt Most Himalayan Glaciers by 2100, Report Finds. Retrieved from https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/04/world/asia/himalayas-glaciers-warming.html
- The Himalayan Glaciers are melting from the New York Times article “Rising Temperatures Could Melt Most Himalayan Glaciers by 2100, Report Finds.”
- Who: the people of India and other South Asian countries; What: the melting of the Himalayan Glaciers; When: now and by the year 2100, if not sooner; Where: India, Nepal, the Hindu Kush Himalayan Region; Why: Climate Change is causing unprecedented melting of the world’s glaciers; How: Countries’ greenhouse gas emissions are causing the climate to change in crazy ways, which is causing the Glaciers to melt due to increased global temperatures, decreased snowfall, and longer melting seasons.
- This is impacting a quarter of the world’s population. The Himalayan Glaciers provide water resources to the people of India, Nepal, and other South Asian countries. The melting is also causing frequent landslides which is harming crop production.
- This is relevant to our course because it relies heavily on policy. If we can implement policy that could drastically curb our greenhouse gas emissions enough to stop the projected 2.7 degrees Fahrenheit by 2040, then we could have some chance of saving what is left of the glaciers.
- Shouldn’t we, as humans, have a moral obligation to protect our fellow humans? Who should take the blame for this situation, the companies that are urging the use of fossil fuels and increasing greenhouse gas emissions or us as people who allowed this behavior to continue?
If anyone is interested I found this article as well!
Great thought questions! Thanks for the additional source.