Seasonal water outlook and implications for farmers in the Indus basin
![Croplands in the Indus plains, Yazman, Bahawalpur Photo: Faisal M. Qamer/ICIMOD](/sites/default/files/styles/card_flag/public/2024-05/Croplands-Indus-Plains_ICIMOD-Qamer.jpg.webp?itok=D3eCbuJn)
The cryosphere — snow, ice, and permafrost — is an important source of water in the Hindu Kush Himalaya.
|Faisal M. Qamer and Sher Muhammad, SERVIR HKH/ICIMOD
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The cryosphere — snow, ice, and permafrost — is an important source of water in the Hindu Kush Himalaya.
|Faisal M. Qamer and Sher Muhammad, SERVIR HKH/ICIMOD
Nestled in between soaring green mountains, Guatemala’s Lake Atitlán is renowned as one of the most beautiful lakes in the world. It has also been under threat by massive blooms of algae clotting its pristine waters. In 2009 and 2015, massive “blooms” of algae threatened to cause severe ecological damage.
|Jacob Ramthun, SERVIR Science Coordination Office
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