The threat from melting glaciers

Dilshad Bano, 51, sits on the floor near her house which was damaged after a Glacial Lake Outburst Flooding incident in Hassanabad village, Hunza valley. — Reuters

ON the steep slope of a glacier jutting through the Hunza valley in Pakistan’s mountainous far north, Tariq Jamil measures the ice’s movement and snaps photos.

Later, he creates a report that includes data from sensors and another camera installed near the Shisper glacier to update his village an hour’s hike downstream.