西藏高原上的冰河提供巴基斯坦、印度與中國下游居民約1億7800萬人70%以上的飲用水。近期在lofty喜馬拉雅山、喀喇崑崙山(Karakoram)與興都庫什山(Hindu-Kush)上冰河的縮減，使提供其重要水資源的河川面臨乾涸的威脅。
由美國世界級運動員加奈特（ Alison Gannett）與哈特(Zoe Hart)所帶領的登山探險隊，正在記錄關於喀喇崑崙山冰山融化的紀實，在ChasingGlaciers.com呈現給全球觀眾。
源自於西藏高原的冰川水，是全球自單一地區水流量最大的地區。喀喇崑崙山的冰河是提供夏季乾熱氣候的主要儲水，冰河融化則將減少乾旱時期水資源的供應，尤其是用於灌溉、人類以及家畜用水。
根據聯合國環境計畫在2007年年初所發布的全球冰雪展望(Global Outlook For Ice and Snow)的報告，西藏高原的冰河在上個世紀已後退約90%的面積，融化的速度更於近幾十年間有顯著的增加。
The glaciers of the Tibetan Plateau provide more than 70 percent of the fresh water used by 178 million people who live downstream in Pakistan, India, and China. Recent shrinkage of these glaciers in the lofty Himalaya, Karakoram and Hindu-Kush mountain ranges is threatening to dry the rivers that provide this vital water supply.
A climbing expedition led by two world-class American athletes, Alison Gannett and Zoe Hart, is bringing the story of glacier melt in the Karakoram to a global online audience at ChasingGlaciers.com.
The water that flows from the Tibetan Plateau is the largest river runoff from any single location in the world.
These Karakoram glaciers are critical for storing water until the summer period of dry hot weather. Melted glaciers provide less water during times of drought when water is needed most for irrigation and human and livestock consumption.
Approximately 90 percent of the glaciers in the Tibetan Plateau have retreated during the past century, and the melt rate has markedly increased during the past decade, according to "Global Outlook For Ice and Snow," a report issued earlier this year by the UN Environment Programme.
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