Glaciers

What is the Karakoram Anomaly?

NSIDC's Michon Scott explains the Karakoram Anomaly, the unusual stability and modest gains of glaciers in the Karakoram Range while most mountain glaciers outside the polar regions lose ice, the weather-pattern explanations glaciologists favour, the challenges of studying the region and whether the anomaly can outlast continued warming.

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