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Continuous Karakoram Glacier Anomaly and Its Response to Climate Change during 2000–2021

open access: yesRemote 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,
Yu Cai, Fan Yubin
exaly   +4 more sources

Investigating glacier mass balance and driving factors of the Karakoram Anomaly

open access: yesJournal of Hydrology: Regional Studies
Study 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 ...
Fanyu Zhao, Shuaibo Zhou
exaly   +4 more sources

The 2015 Surge of Hispar Glacier in the Karakoram [PDF]

open access: yesRemote Sensing, 2017
The Karakoram mountain range is well known for its numerous surge-type glaciers of which several have recently surged or are still doing so. Analysis of multi-temporal satellite images and digital elevation models have revealed impressive details about the related changes (e.g., in glacier length, surface elevation and flow velocities) and considerably
Thomas Schellenberger   +2 more
exaly   +7 more sources

A newly identified cryogenian (ca. 806 ma) basement tonalite gneiss from the Eastern Karakoram, NW India: Constraints from geochemistry and zircon U-Pb geochronology

open access: yesFrontiers 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
doaj   +1 more source

Job Satisfaction as a Predictor of Wellbeing Among Secondary School Teachers

open access: yesSAGE 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
doaj   +1 more source

A holistic view of Shisper Glacier surge and outburst floods: from physical processes to downstream impacts

open access: yesGeomatics, 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
doaj   +1 more source

Residents’ Perception of Impact of Mass Tourism on Mountain Environment in Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan

open access: yesInternational 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
doaj   +1 more source

Female Education and Social Change: Changing Perceptions of Women's Roles in Society in the High Mountains of Northern Pakistan

open access: yesMountain 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
doaj   +1 more source

An annotated checklist of Coccinellidae with four new records from Pakistan (Coleoptera, Coccinellidae) [PDF]

open access: yesZooKeys, 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
doaj   +2 more sources

Four decadal urban land degradation in Pakistan a case study of capital city islamabad during 1979–2019

open access: yesEnvironmental 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
doaj   +1 more source

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