Seeking Climate Change Solutions in Pakistan and Bangladesh : State of the World from NPR - NPR
Seeking Climate Change Solutions in Pakistan and Bangladesh : State of the World from NPR : NPR
Making Babies... Baby Glaciers, that is
A view of the Pakistani territory of Baltistan from the heights of the mountain above the village of Chunda. The patches of white in the foreground are snow and water. The patches of silver in the distance are clouds that shroud the peaks of most mountains in Baltistan. The territory boasts towering peaks, including K2, the world's second highest mountain. Diaa Hadid/NPR hide caption
A view of the Pakistani territory of Baltistan from the heights of the mountain above the village of Chunda. The patches of white in the foreground are snow and water. The patches of silver in the distance are clouds that shroud the peaks of most mountains in Baltistan. The territory boasts towering peaks, including K2, the world's second highest mountain. Diaa Hadid/NPR
Surviving climate threats demands adaptation. In Bangladesh, an engineer and a housewife improvised their own early warning system for historic floods. And villagers in Pakistan are revisiting an old tradition of growing their own glaciers.
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