{"id":87375,"date":"2020-09-20T01:14:35","date_gmt":"2020-09-19T19:44:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/factly.forumias.com\/?p=17518"},"modified":"2020-09-20T01:14:35","modified_gmt":"2020-09-19T19:44:35","slug":"glacier-retreat-in-himalayas-to-cause-water-crisis-study","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/glacier-retreat-in-himalayas-to-cause-water-crisis-study\/","title":{"rendered":"Glacier retreat in Himalayas to cause water crisis: study"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>News<\/strong>: A study commissioned by the Observer Research Foundation, has found that the retreat of glaciers in the Himalayan Hindu Kush region is affecting the surface water and groundwater availability in the region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Facts:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Himalayan Hindu Kush region<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>It is famously known as the earth\u2019s \u201cthird pole\u201d as it forms the largest area of permanent ice cover outside of the North and South Poles.<\/li><li>It spans Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/factly.forumias.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hi.png?w=750&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17520\"\/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: A study commissioned by the Observer Research Foundation, has found that the retreat of glaciers in the Himalayan Hindu Kush region is affecting the surface water and groundwater availability in the region. Facts: Himalayan Hindu Kush region It is famously known as the earth\u2019s \u201cthird pole\u201d as it forms the largest area of permanent&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/glacier-retreat-in-himalayas-to-cause-water-crisis-study\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Glacier retreat in Himalayas to cause water crisis: study<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4182,2122],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-87375","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-environment","category-miscellaneous","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1701653157},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87375","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\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=87375"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87375\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=87375"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=87375"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=87375"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}