{"id":14007,"date":"2022-08-25T08:05:28","date_gmt":"2022-08-25T06:05:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lameche.net\/non-classifiee\/some-glaciers-in-central-asia-appear-to-be-spared-from-global-warming\/"},"modified":"2024-03-28T15:51:25","modified_gmt":"2024-03-28T14:51:25","slug":"some-glaciers-in-central-asia-appear-to-be-spared-from-global-warming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lameche.net\/en\/news-from-the-front\/some-glaciers-in-central-asia-appear-to-be-spared-from-global-warming\/","title":{"rendered":"Some glaciers in Central Asia appear to be spared from global warming"},"content":{"rendered":"<div  class=\"tatsu-H16Q6tNJi tatsu-section  tatsu-fullscreen tatsu-bg-overlay   tatsu-clearfix\" data-title=\"\"  data-headerscheme=\"background--dark\"><div class=\"tatsu-fullscreen-wrap\"><div class='tatsu-section-pad clearfix' data-padding='{\"d\":\"90px 0% 90px 0%\"}' data-padding-top='90px'><div class=\"tatsu-row-wrap  tatsu-wrap tatsu-row-one-col tatsu-row-has-one-cols tatsu-medium-gutter tatsu-reg-cols  tatsu-clearfix tatsu-Skl6maYN1s\" ><div  class=\"tatsu-row \" ><div  class=\"tatsu-column  tatsu-column-no-bg tatsu-one-col tatsu-column-image-none tatsu-column-effect-none  tatsu-Hk-p7atEyo\"  data-parallax-speed=\"0\" style=\"\"><div class=\"tatsu-column-inner \" ><div class=\"tatsu-column-pad-wrap\"><div class=\"tatsu-column-pad\" ><div  class=\"tatsu-module tatsu-inline-text clearfix tatsu-HJmTQTYEyo   \" ><style>.tatsu-HJmTQTYEyo .tatsu-inline-text-inner{width: 100%;text-align: left;}.tatsu-HJmTQTYEyo.tatsu-inline-text{margin: 0px 0px 40px 0px;}<\/style><div class=\"tatsu-inline-text-inner tatsu-align-center\">\n<p><strong><span class=\"swatch-white\">The &#8220;Pamir-Karakoram anomaly&#8221; refers to the exception observed in the mountain ranges adjacent to Pakistan, India and China, where some glaciers are stable or even expanding.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span class=\"swatch-white\">Three hypotheses could explain this exceptional phenomenon:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span class=\"swatch-white\">1. A change in the monsoon would lead to a drop in summer temperatures and thus contribute to a significant reduction in melting.  <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span class=\"swatch-white\">2. An increase in the intensity of precipitation in winter and spring, due to a change in the interaction between the monsoon and western disturbances, extratropical storms that originate in the Mediterranean region.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span class=\"swatch-white \">3. The water generated by high evapotranspiration (the sum of evaporation and plant transpiration) would return to the atmosphere and be transported to the high altitudes of the Pamir, where it would then fall to earth as snow. This is because the Pamir-Karakorum valley has one of the largest irrigated areas in the world.&nbsp;<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div  class=\"tatsu-module tatsu-normal-button tatsu-button-wrap align-block block-center  tatsu-HJVaQptE1i   \"><a class=\"tatsu-shortcode mediumbtn tatsu-button left-icon circular   bg-animation-none  \" href=\"https:\/\/www.swissinfo.ch\/fre\/la-recherche-suisse-veut-percer-le-myst%C3%A8re-des-glaciers-du-pamir\/47806588?utm_campaign=teaser-in-channel&amp;utm_source=swissinfoch&amp;utm_medium=display&amp;utm_content=o\" style=\"\" aria-label=\"Swissinfo (FR\/EN\/...)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Swissinfo (FR\/EN\/...)<\/a><style>.tatsu-HJVaQptE1i .tatsu-button{background-color: rgba(255,255,255,1);color: rgba(230,255,0,1) ;border-width: 1px;border-color: rgba(230,255,0,1); }.tatsu-HJVaQptE1i .tatsu-button:hover{background-color: rgba(0,0,0,1);color: rgba(255,255,255,1) ;}<\/style><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class = \"tatsu-column-bg-image-wrap\"><div class = \"tatsu-column-bg-image\" ><\/div><\/div><\/div><style>.tatsu-row > .tatsu-Hk-p7atEyo.tatsu-column{width: 100%;}.tatsu-Hk-p7atEyo.tatsu-column > .tatsu-column-inner > .tatsu-column-overlay{mix-blend-mode: none;}.tatsu-Hk-p7atEyo > .tatsu-column-inner > .tatsu-top-divider{z-index: 9999;}.tatsu-Hk-p7atEyo > .tatsu-column-inner > .tatsu-bottom-divider{z-index: 9999;}.tatsu-Hk-p7atEyo > .tatsu-column-inner > .tatsu-left-divider{z-index: 9999;}.tatsu-Hk-p7atEyo > .tatsu-column-inner > .tatsu-right-divider{z-index: 9999;}<\/style><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"tatsu-section-background-wrap\"><div class = \"tatsu-section-background\" ><\/div><\/div><div class=\"tatsu-overlay tatsu-section-overlay\"><\/div><\/div><style>.tatsu-H16Q6tNJi.tatsu-section{background-color: rgba(0,0,0,1);}.tatsu-H16Q6tNJi .tatsu-section-background{background-image: url(https:\/\/lameche.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Glaciers-Asie-centrale-Pamir-Scientifiques-Suisse-Re\u0301chauffement-climatique.jpg);background-repeat: no-repeat;background-attachment: scroll;background-position: center center;background-size: cover;}.tatsu-H16Q6tNJi .tatsu-bg-blur{background-repeat: no-repeat;background-attachment: scroll;background-position: center center;background-size: cover;}.tatsu-H16Q6tNJi .tatsu-section-pad{padding: 90px 0% 90px 0%;}.tatsu-H16Q6tNJi > .tatsu-bottom-divider{z-index: 9999;}.tatsu-H16Q6tNJi > .tatsu-top-divider{z-index: 9999;}.tatsu-H16Q6tNJi .tatsu-section-overlay{background: rgba(0,0,0,0.46);mix-blend-mode: normal;}.tatsu-H16Q6tNJi .tatsu-fullscreen-wrap{align-items: center;}<\/style><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While Alpine glaciers have lost around 60% of their volume since 1850, it would seem that the glaciers of Central Asia are not suffering in the same way from global warming. On the contrary, their surface area has remained stable or even increased. A team of Swiss scientists have set up a weather station on the Kyzylsu glacier in the Pamir mountains of Tajikistan.  <\/p>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/lameche.net\/en\/news-from-the-front\/some-glaciers-in-central-asia-appear-to-be-spared-from-global-warming\/\" class=\"exp-read-more exp-read-more-underlined\">Read More<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":12399,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14007","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-from-the-front"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lameche.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14007","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lameche.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lameche.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lameche.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lameche.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14007"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lameche.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14007\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14023,"href":"https:\/\/lameche.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14007\/revisions\/14023"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lameche.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12399"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lameche.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14007"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lameche.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14007"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lameche.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14007"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}