Glaciers in Tajikistan show signs of irreversible decline as snowfall drops
Wednesday, 3 September 2025 () Los Angeles CA (SPX) Sep 03, 2025
Too little snowfall is now destabilizing some of the world's most resilient glaciers, according to new research led by the Pellicciotti group at the Institute of Science and Technology Austria (ISTA). By monitoring the Kyzylsu Glacier in Tajikistan, the team modeled conditions from 1999 to 2023 and identified a tipping point around 2018. High-mountain Asia, often called the Third Pole, con