The melting of glaciers due to climate change has serious implications for the ecosystem and human society. Discuss the effects of melting glaciers on the environment and the measures that can be taken to address this issue.
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5. Mountain glacier melt: marine ecosystem disrupted, melting of snow leopard, etc.
Impact on human society:
1. Lives flow affected - Destruction of millions of farmers affected
2. More floods upto 2019, launched by snow through (GLIMODI report)
3. Water discovery - landslides, glacial lake bursting
4. Vital altitude info impacted - border works, etc.
5. Isolation of SIDS - Small island developing states
6. Climate refugee from coastal areas (etc.)
Measures to be taken:
1. Prevention: Net zero build concrete walls - proposed walls in North sea
2. Population: of mountain lakes, for farmers water shortage and management info
3. Research and Dev: into impact into preservation, mitigation.
- Covers both environmental and socio-economic impacts
- Mentions vulnerable groups (farmers, island states)
- Includes mitigation measures
- References climate refugees
Kush Motwani
Important Geophysical Phenomena
Climate change and glacial melting
Geophysical Phenomena
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technical and structural
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