Activity One - Importance

We have learnt from looking at The Alps in Europe that the water from the glaciers are very important to different stakeholders. We are now going to explore how the water is a vital resource in the Himalayan region. 

1. Watch the YouTube clip below and mind map the following points:

   1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. • What the area is called.

                     • The amount of people who rely on the region. 

                     • The impact that the melting ice is having on the region. 

Activity Two - Describe

As always geographers like to use data to illustrate their arguments and describe change.  We are going to explore how a visual stimulus helps us to discover the changes in ice in the Himalayan region. 

1. Using figure one in the 'Useful Resources' box describe the changes in ice thickness and cumulative mass balance. (You many need to click on the link to see the image in its original form.)

Useful Resource

Activity Three - Impact

We are now going to explore the impact that the decrease in glacial mass has on its surrounding regions in the Himalayas. Create a detailed example of the consequences that climate change is having on the area.

• Places

• Process

• Perspectives

Useful Resources

The Guardian - A Third of the Himalayan Ice Caps Doomed 

National Geographic - Water Crisis Looms 

The Japan Times - Floods in Pakistan 

Asia Society - Himalayas Melting Impacts Billions 

Activity Four - Possibilities

It has all been a bit 'doom and gloom' so far in the lesson as you have been discovering the consequences that climate change is having on the Himalayan Region in Asia. Geography though also explores the possibilities of how to create positive change.  How can scientific and technical innovation help to create appropriate solutions to mitigate the impact that climate change is having on the region?

Useful Resources