Even the Himalayas Have Stopped Smiling: Climate Change in Nepal
Changing weather patterns have dramatically affected crop production, leaving rural farmers unable to properly feed themselves and vulnerable to debt. Oxfam calls the situation 'deeply worrying.
Among recent changes in weather patterns in Nepal are an increase in temperature extremes, more intense rainfall and increased unpredictability in weather patterns, including drier winters and delays in summer monsoons. The melting of the Himalayan glaciers will be felt well beyond Nepal's borders. Scientists warn that if the Himalayan glaciers disappear -- with some predicting this could happen within 30 years -- the impact would be felt by more than one billion people across Asia.
Publication Date:
28 August 2009 
