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THE LADAKH ICE STUPAS – APPLICABLE TO ALL ARID HIGH ALTITUDE

CAN IT PREVENT GLOBAL WARMING ?

The ice stupas / ice mountains  built by Mr. Sonam  Wangchuck       is really an intelligent, innovative, excellent, “  frugal  “  but bounteous in the enormous amount of water it provide for all the needs of the mountain people !!

1.     If we make GI ( galvonised iron  ) pipe frames and or pillars with pipes on them, these permanent structures can maintain the ice mountains continuously without further cost.

2.      Walls of ice mountain with GI pipes on a long stretch or can be made in different shapes artistically or clusters of pipes together will give rise to more voluminous ice stupas which will retain the ice for longer periods in the coming months  and provide more water.

3.     Whenever enough water is accumulated,

A little of it can be utilized for the spry  fountain which in turn crystalises more ice as additional ;layers.

4.     Where enough water is there at present , ( arctic, antartic, alpine mountains, Francis Joseph Glaciers, our Himalayan glaciers which are depleting constantly at a high rate, )  we can use diesel, petrol, kerosene or solar generator pumps to make the spray fountains which will precipitate ice mountains gradually which can grow to any size in the long run. All the deleted ice layers can be brought back over a period of time.

5.    Let us start it while there is water available in these places. Cold wind will be there always but the ice will disappear. So hasten to make more ice with the present water supply to keep the global warming under control.

That will keep the flora and fauna also intact  and multiplying

6.

In the  arid high altitude , every family can use the diesel or petrol or kerosene generator pump to manufacture their own “ ice mountains “

Which will provide ample supply of necessary pure water for all their needs. As the coconut oil remain frozen in the cold weather, the water particles remain frozen in the very cold breezy arid deserts. Like priming the old type of water pumps by pouring water into it, this initial starting of making ice with little spray water will ultimately solve the water problem of our arid landscape and make people thrive there peacefully.

By BEN TRACY CBS NEWS August 17, 2012, 11:50 AM

Continental U.S. glaciers receding at alarming rate

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(CBS News) Two million people visit Montana's Glacier National Park each year, and most go to see one of the park's namesake masses of ice. But the glaciers are melting much faster than scientists predicted just a few years ago, and could be gone entirely in just a decade.

Over tens of thousands of years massive sheets of ice slowly slid and chewed away at the rock carving out these valleys. But now, these frozen forces of nature are in full-scale retreat.

"The glaciers are continuing to shrink every year and at some point they will be gone," said Dan Fagre, a scientist with the United States Geological Survey who's been studying glaciers in Glacier National Park for 20 years. "I can remember exactly where a lot of these glaciers used to be, and see how much smaller they are."

In just a few decades, many of the park's glaciers have shrunk dramatically. Since 1966, 11 of them have completely melted away. There were once 150 glaciers in the park. Now there are just 25, and scientists believe in the next 10 to 20 years, they could all be gone.

The glaciers have been shrinking since 1850. Yet scientists say climate change, fueled by human pollution, has made them melt quicker and more extreme. The average temperature in the park has risen two degrees. Spring arrives about three weeks earlier, and the snow pack has been declining for 50 years.

"The snow is melting faster than it's being added to so the glaciers are just getting smaller," said glacier guide Corrie Holloway. Holloway took CBS News across two turquoise lakes formed by glacial runoff and then led the crew on a hike five miles up the side of a mountain to the top of Grinell Glacier, one of the park's most iconic ice sheets. In 1938, it covered nearly an entire valley. Between 1981 and 2009, it started to quickly shrink.

Holloway said people are coming to the glacier now because they know they have a short time to see the glaciers. "We've made a lot of top 10 lists lately - you know that 'you have to come here before a certain time' before the glaciers melt and see the glaciers," she said.

Laurel Meeks, who first hiked to Grinell 23 years ago, is shocked by how much of it is gone. "It's quite interesting to see it change that fast," she said. "I just find that a glacier sounds pretty permanent, and all of a sudden it's like, 'no way it can't change that quickly,' and yet it is."

There could come a day when you'd have to travel quite a bit north to see glaciers, such as in Alaska. Five percent of the state is still covered in ice: there are about 2,000 major glaciers. Yet the twilight of Montana's glaciers is not just about the changing scenery.

"This is a huge portion of our fresh water on this Earth," Holloway said. "And when they're gone - we lose that. That's huge."

The glaciers and snow melt feed the streams and lakes, a lifeline for fish and the other animals, such as big horn sheep that call the area home. With hotter summers, some wild flowers are already disappearing. The forests are drier and more disease-ridden and there are more extreme wildfires. In 2003, 10 percent of the park burned.From the air, you can see the ashen scar stretch across entire hillsides and valleys.

Fagre said the park will look different 20 to 30 years from now. "It'll still be you know a terrific landscape to come and enjoy, but it will have been changed by climate change."

© 2012 CBS Interactive Inc. All Rights Reserved.

When we understand how glaciers came in to existence, how they came to such enormous sheet of ice over the years and what caused  their depletion to the present state,  we can definitely solve this problem by bringing back the sheets of ice little by little by artificially making the small ice mountains slowly  spread over the landscape  over  a period of time and with great patience and  utmost vigilance  bring back the glory  . By just directing the water from the existing water falls or streams  of water flowing on the mountain slopes. to form fountains with the help of  GI or PVC pipes, to a higher level ( without any electric motor since the water continue to flow downward from the slopes and water falls, when they are channelled through the pipes, they automatically  form fountains and will flow non stop !!
Now that we have plenty of water and ice  to begin this process with , we can form fountains of water to form the crystallisation of water into ice  to make  small mountains which  will grow to enormous size during the winter years and the depleted ice will be reconstituted on the  land. Once there are  a large number of artificial ice mountains,  automatically  the temperature in that area will fall causing more ice formation on the slopes  !! Thus the cycle will continue with a little help from human beings , enabling the nature to function properly and retain its grandeur and majesty  . Before the last drop vanishes, let us hurry  up and start the recovery process in earnest . The water and ice available now will be used as the  ' PRIMING AGENTS  ' as we use water to prime the water pumps. A simple  solution can solve the herculeous task of global warming and ensure green revolution  with great ease.  

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