Himalayan water which is the source of water consumption for two billion people. It is melting a lot faster than the last ten years. The climate is transforming which is proving to cost the shortage of water supply to people. As the temperature gets warmer, ice will melt, that was expected, but what is unexpected and very worrying is the speed,” said lead author Philippus Wester. “This is going much faster than expected” Glaciers in the Hindu Kush Himalaya (HKH) region are an extremely important water resource for approximate 240 million people who reside in the mountainous regions, as well as for another 1.65 billion people in the river valleys below, the report said.
The poorest regions and countries are more likely to suffer and get hit by the changes in climate, shortage of water. Many communities are going to get affected by this. Dr Wester has a view that by working on improving the quality of technologies and previously classified high-resolution satellite imagery meant predictions could be made with a better level of accuracy. Global warming is a major cause and worry to all of us. People need to start saving water otherwise it can really be destructive for billions of people on earth.