A new study featuring contributions from British Antarctic Survey (BAS) scientists has identified 100 pressing research questions on climate change and water resources in the Upper Indus Basin (UIB) that must be answered to protect the communities that live there.
A new study featuring contributions from British Antarctic Survey (BAS) scientists has identified 100 pressing research questions on climate change and water resources in the Upper Indus Basin (UIB) that must be answered to protect the communities that live there.
The UIB is a mountainous region in the Himalayas which feeds the river systems that supplies the world’s largest network of irrigated agriculture. Hundreds of millions of people across Pakistan, India, China, and Afghanistan depend on these water resources and so adapting to climate change is essential.
BAS scientists have unique expertise in glaciology and airborne radar techniques which is applicable to research in Antarctica and mountainous regions the world over and the Himalayas is the focus of ongoing BAS research.
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