Black Carbon Spoiling Himalayas, Responsible for Melting of Glaciers

&NewLine;<p>November 13&comma; 2022 – Pollution of the Indian Ganga Plain &lpar;IGP&rpar;&comma; including Delhi&comma; is deteriorating the health of the mountains&period; Burning of Parali&comma; fumes from vehicle fuel&comma; and dust particles reach the Himalayan regions in two to three days&period; Moreover&comma; due to the decrease in temperature and moisture in winter&comma; the polluted elements are moving with the air in the valley areas&comma; which is not suitable for the health of residents and flora&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>According to the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology &lpar;IITM&rpar;&comma; pollution in the Himalayan region has tripled after the monsoon&period; The situation may worsen in winter&period; According to experts&comma; alternatives have to be found to avoid pollution&comma; so everyone must work together&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>IITM and HNB Garhwal Central University are studying the status of black carbon in the Himalayan region&period; According to Dr&period; Atul Kumar Srivastava&comma; Senior Scientist of IITM Delhi&comma; the northern region is surrounded by the Himalayas&period; Therefore&comma; whatever pollution is emitted here circulates in the atmosphere due to low temperatures in winter and stays near the surface&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"wp-block-heading">The Problem of Haze<&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>When the strong wind season begins before the monsoon&comma; the pollutants reach the Himalayan regions in the air in two to three days&period; He said that these pollutant elements keep roaming in the valley areas due to low temperatures in winter&period; Due to this&comma; people in the valley areas have to face the problem of smog&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>In summer&comma; these elements reach the higher Himalayan regions&comma; which is not suitable for the health of the glaciers&period; That&&num;8217&semi;s why government must make a policy to stop carbon emissions and harmful elements&period; Vehicles should be used to a minimum&period; Also&comma; such fuel will have to be used&comma; which emits less carbon&period; Dialogue<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<blockquote class&equals;"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow">&NewLine;<p>The data of black carbon that has been received&comma; is describing a very bad situation&period; In summers it was 4 to 6 micrograms per cubic metre&period; It has reached around 12-15 micrograms per cubic meter in October&period; That is&comma; there has been an increase of two to three times&period; This is because of fuel for vehicles&comma; stubble burning and other activities&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<cite>Doctor&period; Atul Kumar Srivastava&comma; Senior Scientist&comma; IITM Delhi<&sol;cite><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;

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