{"id":3631,"date":"2020-01-30T09:00:36","date_gmt":"2020-01-30T13:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/orbitalhub.com\/?p=3631"},"modified":"2020-01-26T12:36:15","modified_gmt":"2020-01-26T16:36:15","slug":"the-future-of-asias-glaciers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/orbitalhub.com\/?p=3631","title":{"rendered":"The Future of Asia&#8217;s Glaciers"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"float: left; padding-right: 30px;\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 5px;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 5px;\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"580\" height=\"326\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2Ci84sPsJQU\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 5px;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>NASA dicit: <\/p>\n<p>Asia&#8217;s high mountains are a crucial freshwater source to one-seventh of the world&#8217;s population. Snow and glaciers in these mountains contain the largest volume of freshwater outside of Earth&#8217;s polar ice sheets, leading hydrologists to nickname this region the &#8220;third pole.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>Rapid changes in the region&#8217;s climate, however, are affecting glacier flows and snowmelt. Local people are already modifying their land-use practices in response to the changing supply, and the region&#8217;s ecology is transforming. Scientists estimate that by 2100, these glaciers could be up to 75% smaller in volume. <\/p>\n<p>NASA&#8217;s satellites observe and measure snow and ice cover remotely with multiple types of sensors. This allows scientists to create an authoritative estimate of the water budget of this region and a set of products local policy makers can use in responding to hazards and planning for a changing water supply. <\/p>\n<p>Video credit: NASA&#8217;s Goddard Space Flight Center\/Katie Jepson (USRA): Lead Producer\/Carol Rasmussen (NASA\/JPL CalTech): Lead Writer\/Bailee DesRocher (USRA): Animator\/Music credit: &#8220;The Mystery Novelist&#8221; by Quentin Bachelet [SACEM] <\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 5px;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Asia&#8217;s high mountains are a crucial freshwater source to one-seventh of the world&#8217;s population. Snow and glaciers in these mountains contain the largest volume of freshwater outside of Earth&#8217;s polar ice sheets.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[652,463],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3631","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-earth-science","category-videos"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/orbitalhub.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3631","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/orbitalhub.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/orbitalhub.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/orbitalhub.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/orbitalhub.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3631"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/orbitalhub.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3631\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3632,"href":"https:\/\/orbitalhub.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3631\/revisions\/3632"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/orbitalhub.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3631"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/orbitalhub.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3631"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/orbitalhub.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3631"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}