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Continuous Karakoram Glacier Anomaly and Its Response to Climate Change During 2000–2021
Remote Sensing, 2022 Glacier mass balance is one of the most direct indicators reflecting corresponding climate change. In the context of global warming, most glaciers are melting and receding, which can have significant impacts on ecology, climate, and water resources. Thus,
Fan Yubin
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Investigating Glacier Mass Balance and Driving Factors of the Karakoram Anomaly
Journal of Hydrology: Regional StudiesStudy region: The Karakoram region, consists of the Western Karakoram (WK), Central Karakoram (CK), and Eastern Karakoram (EK) subregions. Study focus: This study focuses on the glacier mass balance variations across the Karakoram from 2000 to 2022 ...
Zhangli Sun, Shuaibo Zhou, Hangtong Wang
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Has the Karakoram Anomaly Persisted Over the Past Two Decades?
GIScience and Remote SensingThe “Karakoram Anomaly” refers to a unique phenomenon wherein glaciers in the Karakoram region have exhibited remarkable stability or slight mass gains, contrasting the global trend of extensive glacier retreat.
Xu Lin, Zhangli Sun, Shuaibo Zhou
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Frontiers in Earth Science, 2022 The Karakoram Terrane (KT) represents the southern margin of the Eurasian Plate, mainly consisting of Late Jurassic-Early Cretaceous subduction-related granites and post-collisional Miocene leucogranites, which intrude the Late Neo-Proterozoic basement ...
Shailendra Pundir +4 more
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Job Satisfaction as a Predictor of Wellbeing Among Secondary School Teachers
SAGE Open, 2022 This research was conducted to study the association between job satisfaction and the wellbeing of secondary school teachers from Gilgit, Pakistan. A total of 167 teachers (89 males and 78 females) from both private and public schools were recruited for ...
Sadiq Hussain +5 more
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Geomatics, Natural Hazards & Risk, 2021 We observed the surge velocity, terminus advance, lake formation and outburst, as well as its downstream impacts at Shisper Glacier in the Karakoram, Pakistan and suggest potential nature-based risk-reduction solutions.
Sher Muhammad +8 more
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International Journal of Economic and Environment Geology, 2022 This study seeks to explore and explain the perception of residents about the environmental impact of mountain mass tourism in three tourist destinations in Gilgit¬Baltistan.
Sadruddin Bahadur Qutoshi +3 more
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Mountain Research and Development, 2020 This article investigates the emergence of female education and its social impacts in a remote and male-dominated mountain community through a case study of Nagar District in northern Pakistan.
Katja Voigt, Michael Spies
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An annotated checklist of Coccinellidae with four new records from Pakistan (Coleoptera, Coccinellidae) [PDF]
ZooKeys, 2018 Some new ladybird (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) records collected during the last four years across Sindh are reported. A first preliminary checklist of ladybirds from Sindh is presented, consisting of one subfamily, ten tribes, 21 genera, and 29 species ...
Muhammad Ali +6 more
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Environmental and Sustainability Indicators, 2021 The study of Land Use Land Cover (LULC) changes and their patterns enhance our understanding about various man caused phenomenon on earth surface. The Capital City of Pakistan, Islamabad has expereinced high rate of urbanization and population increase ...
Attaullah Shah +2 more
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