Hussainabad, Pakistan, April 6, 2025 (AFP) - Artificial glaciers boost water supply in northern Pakistan

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2025-04-06

At the foot of Pakistan's impossibly high mountains whitened by frost all year round, farmers grappling with a lack of water have created their own ice towers. Warmer winters as a result of climate change has reduced the snow fall and subsequent seasonal snowmelt that feeds the valleys of Gilgit-Baltistan, a remote region home to K2, the world's second-highest peak. Farmers in the Skardu valley, at an altitude of up to 2,600 metres (8,200 feet) i......

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