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Debris cover slowing melt of Pakistan's Karakoram glaciers scientist
2013-10-23 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: For the past several years, the large glaciers of Pakistan's Karakoram mountain range were thought to have been stable, with some even advancing slightly. But scientist Christoph Mayer, recently back from doing field studies on the glaciers, believes their future remains negative as the planet warms. The phenomenon of these glaciers that appear not to have shrunk - at odds with the retreat of other mountain glaciers worldwide due to rising temperatures - has been dubbed the "Karakoram Anomaly'....
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Pakistan's mountain farmers 'helpless' in face of erratic weather
2013-10-03 07:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: One night was all it took for Bibi Baskiya's fortunes to be reversed. In June the young farmer had sown maize on half an acre of land in Danyore, a scenic mountain village in northern Pakistan's Gilgit-Baltistan province. On Sept. 12 it was sunny and the skies were so clear that Baskiya watered her crop from a nearby spring, certain there would be no rain. But that night, her hopes of a good harvest were destroyed. "A sudden rainstorm and heavy winds flattened 80 percent of the standing crop,'...
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Pakistan's Ufone offers to buy out rival Warid
2013-10-02 02:00:00| Total Telecom industry news
Deal would bring about consolidation in Pakistan's mobile market.
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Pakistans fledgling film sector
2013-09-20 13:48:13| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
Pakistans fledgling films sector achieves growing praise
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Pakistans new big threat isnt terrorism its water
2013-07-23 00:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: In a report released last week by the Asian Development Bank [PDF], Pakistan was pinpointed as "one of the most water-stressed countries in the world, not far from being classified, 'water-scarce.`" As water demand exceeds supply in the South Asian country, more and more water is being withdrawn from the nation`s reservoirs, leaving them in a critically precarious position. According to the ADB, Pakistan`s storage capacity, the amount of water it has on reserve in case of an emergency, is limited...
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