New Weather Patterns Are Turning Water From The Himalaya Glacier Into A Weapon

A Buddhist gate stands over a road that passes through the mountains of the Karakoram range in Nubra, Jamma and Kashmir, India, on Thursday, Nov. 14, 2019. There is a body of evidence that global warming is disturbing water cycles on the roof of the world, and in unpredictable ways. Snow cover is shrinking, glaciers are melting, the monsoon season changing and permafrost is at risk, all with drastic consequences for a region whose ice fields hold the largest freshwater reserves outside the poles. Photographer: Prashanth Vishwanathan/Bloomberg via Getty Images