{"id":253966,"date":"2023-07-29T21:09:08","date_gmt":"2023-07-29T15:39:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=253966"},"modified":"2023-07-29T21:09:08","modified_gmt":"2023-07-29T15:39:08","slug":"three-new-lakes-may-form-in-parkachik-glacier-in-ladakh-due-to-glacial-retreat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/three-new-lakes-may-form-in-parkachik-glacier-in-ladakh-due-to-glacial-retreat\/","title":{"rendered":"Three new lakes may form in Parkachik Glacier in Ladakh due to glacial retreat"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The post is based on the article <\/span><b>\u201c<\/b><b>Three new lakes may form in Parkachik Glacier in Ladakh due to glacial retreat<\/b><b>\u201d<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0 published in <\/span><b>PIB on 28th July 2023.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><b>What is the News?<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A study by scientists of Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology has found that three glacial lakes are likely to form around Parkachik Glacier in Ladakh due to rapid ice melt.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>What is Parkachik Glacier?<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Parachik Glacier is a mountain glacier located in Ladakh.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is one of the largest glaciers in the Suru River valley, covering an area of 53 square km and is 14 km long.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Suru River valley is a part of the southern Zanskar Ranges in the western Himalayas.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>What are the reasons for the rapid melting of <\/b><b>Parkachik Glacier?<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There are two main reasons for the rapid melting of the Parkachik glacier: 1) first is global warming and increasing temperatures in the region and 2) second is that it is at a lower altitude than other glaciers in the Zanskar region.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Impact: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The glacial melt is worrying as it not only increases chances of glacial lake outbursts but can also lead to paucity of water, glaciers being the region\u2019s primary source of water.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2013 The most catastrophic glacial lake outburst that India has faced in recent years resulted in the 2013 Kedarnath flash floods.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: The post is based on the article \u201cThree new lakes may form in Parkachik Glacier in Ladakh due to glacial retreat\u201d\u00a0 published in PIB on 28th July 2023. What is the News? A study by scientists of Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology has found that three glacial lakes are likely to form around Parkachik&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/three-new-lakes-may-form-in-parkachik-glacier-in-ladakh-due-to-glacial-retreat\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Three new lakes may form in Parkachik Glacier in Ladakh due to glacial retreat<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10317,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,4182,9],"tags":[3590],"class_list":["post-253966","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-environment","category-public","tag-pib","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/253966","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10317"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=253966"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/253966\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=253966"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=253966"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=253966"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}