Snowmelt Ramifications

Climate change and its ramifications are already a harsh reality of life for billions of people worldwide. Retreating glaciers and thinning of ice in the Himalayas are among the glaring features of this new reality. What once used to be brimming with snow and glaciers is now losing them faster than ever. Billions of people have their lives and livelihoods inextricably tied to snowmelt water for water needs. Even more concerning is the lack of urgency to address this crisis, despite grand conferences organised annually to get those largely responsible for the crisis to act before it's too late. We as a civilization born into and nurtured by the mountains, the irreversible loss of their snow amounts to a life-and-death situation.