The effects of a warming planet are particularly visible in Central Asia, which has seen a wave of extreme weather disasters. Now, the melting of thousands of Kyrgyz glaciers has become a major threat to people in the landlocked region that already suffers from a shortage of water.
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00:00Here we could see a glacier, a glacier with snow. Even in the summer, starting from June to August, in July, in August, we could see here, we saw a glacier here, it was here, well, quite so big.
00:23And it turns out that in the last 3-4 years it has completely disappeared. Now there is no snow, no glacier, we, unfortunately, cannot see it.
00:53Due to climate change, due to the rise of the average annual temperature, in general, due to the rise of the temperature, it does not gain the required mass and degrades, yes, the melting increases.
01:53And all this is carried to the Avarcha Valley.
02:23Thank you for watching!