Scientists have discovered that three glaciers in the Karakoram mountain range are gaining ice and merging. The NASA image from the International Space Station showed the Lolofond and Teram Shehr glaciers merging with the Siachen glacier. This phenomenon, called the 'Karakoram anomaly,' contrasts with global trends of glacial melting. In recent years, Antarctica has also seen record ice formation. The reasons for these gains in the Karakoram range remain uncertain, even as climate change deniers celebrate the findings.
The NASA image revealed that the Lolofond and Teram Shehr glaciers have been slowly merging with the Siachen glacier near the borders of India, Pakistan, China, and Afghanistan.
Long before the photo was revealed, scientists had called the unexplained ice gains the 'Karakoram anomaly,' since many climate studies have found that most glaciers worldwide are losing mass due to rising temperatures.
This is the second major glacier location to see more ice being formed in recent years. In May, researchers in Shanghai discovered that Antarctica started to reverse its decades-long trend of catastrophic melting.
To the climate deniers' point, scientists studying the Karakoram anomaly since the 1990s still haven't been able to pin down a clear reason why more ice has been forming.
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