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Educational Use
In this video, learn how communities in the arid high-mountain region of Ladakh rely on glacial water to feed streams and water crops during the spring and summer months. Global warming is dramatically reshaping the future of these areas. Meet a Ladakhi teacher and engineer who devised a method to capture and store glacial runoff into magnificent ice pyramids that are used as water resources throughout the summer and during peak agricultural months.
- Subject:
- Agriculture
- Applied Science
- Career and Technical Education
- Environmental Science
- Environmental Studies
- Physical Science
- Material Type:
- Diagram/Illustration
- Reading
- Provider:
- CLEAN: Climate Literacy and Energy Awareness Network
- Provider Set:
- CLEAN: Climate Literacy and Energy Awareness Network
- Author:
- Alize Carrere
- Public Broadcasting Service
- Date Added:
- 08/01/2022