Glaciers – GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY OF TAJIKISTAN

GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY OF TAJIKISTAN

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Aug

Climate & Glaciers

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Glacial Monitoring: Science on High Ice

At over 5,000 meters in elevation, the glaciers of Tajikistan look eternal. Their white surfaces crown the Pamirs and feed every major river that sustains life below. Yet to scientists who have spent decades measuring them, the ice no longer feels timeless—it feels fragile, restless, and receding. Glacial monitoring in Tajikistan is a story of
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Aug

Land & Ecosystems

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Climate Migration: Villages Relocating from Risk

In the mountain valleys of Tajikistan, migration is often imagined as a social phenomenon: people moving for work, education, or opportunity. Yet in many villages, movement is increasingly shaped not by choice but by shifting land and water. Climate change alters hydrological patterns, accelerates erosion, and destabilizes slopes, gradually pushing communities to relocate. This is
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Apr

Climate & Glaciers

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Climate and Glaciers: Melting Heights

High above the valleys, the mountains gleam white, their glaciers stretching across ridges like frozen rivers. From afar they seem eternal, a steady crown of ice feeding the rivers below. Up close, they are moving, groaning, shrinking. In Tajikistan’s Pamirs and Alay ranges, glaciers cover thousands of square kilometers, storing the water that sustains life
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