Cold desert Ladakh experienced active flooding during post-glacial warming, says Centre

NEW DELHI: The cold desert of Ladakh Himalaya once experienced large floods that rose much above the present-day river level scientists have shown, scientists have shown, the Ministry of Science and Technology informed on Wednesday.
In a statement, the study implied that in the scenario of global warming when the higher Himalaya regions are expected to respond dramatically, flood frequency in Ladakh may increase, which may call for serious urban and rural planning.
“Large floods that naturally occur in major rivers of India fed by melting snow and glaciers and a continental scale precipitation regime of Indian Summer Monsoon (ISM) and Westerlies and East Asian Summer Monsoon (EASM) significantly modify the landscape and impact lives and economy of all that encroached into its…