Vegetation changes broadly from “ subtropical semi desert and thorn steppe formation in the northwest, to tropical rainforests in the Himalayas”, (Wilkes, Eriksson, Yun, Xu Jianchu, & Shrestha, 2009). Within the greater Himalaya region, climate change is already noticeable due to the glacier reduction, which poses a threat to future downstream water supplies, (Wilkes, Eriksson, Yun, Xu Jianchu, & Shrestha, 2009). The authors of the article” The melting Himalayas” state that, “this region is very sensitive to global climate change”, (Wilkes, Eriksson, Yun, Xu Jianchu, & Shrestha, 2009). According to the intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, they have projected that average temperatures within the Himalayan region and Asian land mass will be about three degrees warmer by the year 2050, and in 2080 about five degrees warmer, (Wilkes, Eriksson, Yun, Xu Jianchu, & Shrestha, 2009). If an increase in average temperatures does occur, warming of that magnitude could cause catastrophic scenarios for the Himalayan people and the ecosystems within it, (Wilkes, Eriksson, Yun, Xu Jianchu, & Shrestha,
Vegetation changes broadly from “ subtropical semi desert and thorn steppe formation in the northwest, to tropical rainforests in the Himalayas”, (Wilkes, Eriksson, Yun, Xu Jianchu, & Shrestha, 2009). Within the greater Himalaya region, climate change is already noticeable due to the glacier reduction, which poses a threat to future downstream water supplies, (Wilkes, Eriksson, Yun, Xu Jianchu, & Shrestha, 2009). The authors of the article” The melting Himalayas” state that, “this region is very sensitive to global climate change”, (Wilkes, Eriksson, Yun, Xu Jianchu, & Shrestha, 2009). According to the intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, they have projected that average temperatures within the Himalayan region and Asian land mass will be about three degrees warmer by the year 2050, and in 2080 about five degrees warmer, (Wilkes, Eriksson, Yun, Xu Jianchu, & Shrestha, 2009). If an increase in average temperatures does occur, warming of that magnitude could cause catastrophic scenarios for the Himalayan people and the ecosystems within it, (Wilkes, Eriksson, Yun, Xu Jianchu, & Shrestha,