The Ice Stupas

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One way to fight climate change is to make your own glaciers.  As snows dwindle and glaciers recede, people in the mountains of northern India are building huge ice cones called Ice Stupas that provide water into summer.  This 33.5m high Ice Stupa near the village of Shara Phuktsey won first prize for the largest Ice Stupa in a 2019 competition.  Its nearly two million gallons of stored water helped irrigate fields in four villages.  The stupa also drew tourists.  Ice climbers came to scale its steep flanks.

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