All life depends on snow in Ladakh, with the high-altitude desert region receiving only 50mm of rainfall a year. Agriculture relies mainly on the water that comes from snow and glacial melt, but with rising temperatures and changing weather patterns, most villages in the area are experiencing severe water shortage.
Since 1980 the average temperature has increased by more than two degrees, with a huge effect on the local environment. The glaciated area in Ladakh has been lost, meaning that glaciers are much smaller and in some areas have disappeared altogether.
Sonam Wangchuck has been on a mission to help villagers to adapt to the changing climate through his ice stupa concept. The ice stupa builds upon a simple idea – by directing glacial melt or water travelling downstream through a pipe to a location nearby. This water is then channelled vertically, freezing and forming cone-like structures in temperatures reaching minus 20 degrees Celsius [≈ room temperature].
Russell Beard travels to Ladakh to join Wangchuck in building an ice stupa and explores how this innovative solution is helping the local community.
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simple genius idea
That guy is a genius
I love how he use nature and, basics of science to solve a social problem. Real Genius.
difference between terrorist jammu kashmir to peaceful ladakh.
Terrorist – Aryan
Peaceful – Dravid
@M Raghib Ansari allah is the real terrorist …mahumammad was the criminal and pervert who raped a child and a pig .
@M Raghib Ansari look at this guy trying to divide us racially
Everyone in India came from outside as humans evolved in Africa
Guys like him are the real terrorist
@Chinmay Joshi you have already divided human on the basis of caste thousand of years ago. Even your god was racist
@M Raghib Ansari r u indian ???
Ladakh people are very happy now as India’s newest Union Territory.
@SuFi Muslim madarchod terrorist 🐷
Sheik Afsal they r happy but also worried not unhappy it’s ladki people demand to give them UT.
@Sheik Afsal I totally agree with you, Need policies to protect Ladakh and its people.
@SuFi Muslim nikal
@Uzumakiなると If someone made mistakes, dont blame his religion. It is not even being teached by Gautama Buddha himself.
I m sure ..This reporter is dumb …😊😊
So he simply splashes water to refreze
I think 3 idiots 2 should be made to aware people about this situation
it’s really intelligence. please keep it up………………………..
Congrats to Ladakh as Union territory of India .
We Indians may hate this news channel but I bet u can’t find such news on our so called Indian National Media…..
The people who are not contributing to this climate change, can be counted in 194 dislikes.
good job
Man this guy is visionary.
Tats real phunsuk wangdu 🙂🙂
Just FYI Al-Jazeera. Since you are so interested in covering J&K news. These people are from Leh and Ladakh and wanted to be part of the Republic of India as a Union territory. So stop snooping in the stinking (with terrorists) Kashmir valley.
Pakistan will free Kargil leh ladakh jammu and kashmir velley and merge with AJK and Gilgit it will be Top Tourist destination…Indians stop oppressing kashmir U hindutva extremists dont deserve this place u have made heaven a jail with chaos
Islam is not the part of Jammu , ladakh and kashmir.
Even not in pok pakistan occupied Kashmir.
🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩
PkMKB🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕😠😠😠😠
Congratulation Sonam.
I hope the world leaders made policy that will build the future… The life of our children.
Save Amazon save glacier.
Kashmiri vs Ladakhi-
Kashmiri- we want all funds from India but will always be against India.
Ladakhi- we may not be receiving any funds from India but will always love ♥️ India come what may.
We Kashmiris will not say anything when Kashmiri pandits were driven out of their motherland which originally belonged to them..but will weep tears of blood when Article 370 is removed…
Love laddaki people
He is saying that first he frizzing the water then he collecting it into the tank. why he does not collect the water directly to the tank. So that at the time of water crisis people can use it
@ ………………………….. @
I hate aljazeera news
It is against india and Indians
They are only Muslim and terriorist oriented
India’s teacher know how to teach in any situation.
3 idiot movie’s amir khan = sonam wangchu 😘😘😘
That’s India’s Kashmir the world never shows cause there isn’t any stone pelting
@SR K good we need more people like you. Jammu Kashmir and Ladakh. All separate
If people in the cities live simply, then people in the mountains can simply live! What a thought Mr. Wangchuk.
People like sonam ji Are much needed. In our society. Ivery much appreciate the beauty of your brain and strength of your body. Way to go sonam da. May all the forces be with you.
Wow what an amazing idea by wangchuk ji. brilliant sir.
Proud on You..🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳
Happy Faces…
Simple Lives…
Good idea
This is a lesson for all those Stupids intelligent people who studies in IIT but goes out to work for another country…!!!just for some money gain…
Sonam sir is the real example of great INDIAN education….salute…
WORK FOR YOUR COUNTRY…WORK FOR YOUR PEOPLE…
Just for Once…AL JAZEERA…DOES A GREAT WORK..IN SPREADING POSITIVE SIDE OF INDIA…INSTEAD OF SLUMPS AND GARBAGE
Kashmir it is not India not Pakistan not China free Kashmir Jammu ladakh gilgit baltistan Srinagar they have history free kashmir
Absolutely amazing and simply a great creation indeed. I am so impressed with how simple but effective this idea is he deserves every award for this project. Reviting and humane, this man is a true angel indeed. fully enjoyed this.
Can anybody think of creating fake hills with ice and create rivers of water, this is marvel.
He deserves Nobel prize for such an effective use of Basic Science….it could be applied to other glaciated parts of the world.
Bravo al jazeera wonderful video. Let this get spread all over the world.I am proud of my ladakhi brothers.
Bro you are great
Aljajrra documentary wonderful video same thing seen sum other channels but your presentation is very very good
I love Sonam Wangchuk English ( the way he was explaining things ) and his wisdom.
What an incredible human being.
I love Ladakh
Phenomenal effort 👌
7:43, that looks more like ~500,000 litres. No way thats anywhere close to 2 million
Ladakh will soon join china aftar rest kashmir joins Pakistan
Great idea
They should create a bunch of massive reservoirs. That would collect all the water they need. This is a brilliant idea but there are better ways.
Great respect❣❣
Seen in 2019 🙂
Technology + nature=Awesome innovation
Good
Difference between Terrorist Islamic Kashmir and
Peaceful Buddhist Ladakh
I am feeling very proud to see Dolma mam , she was my senior in college 😁 good luck and regards mam , you doing great job.
Ladakh is Buddhist majority statate not isllami jihadi majority kashmir
Love you ladakh india
India💓🇮🇳Ladakh
alzazeera covers positive news too.. quite shocking
huge difference between jihaadi kashmir and buddh ladakh.. in laddakh life is 100 times harder than kashmir but they dont cry or become jihaadi, they work hard and sort it out.. but kashmir is given so much fund and free stuff out of our tax payers money that they don’t have to work,so they become jihaadi…
‘we are loosing glaciers for no fault of ours’
only if authority and people realise the pain in this statement. GOI please consider sonam wanchuk sir in your think tank.
Incredible india
Sonam wangchuk ke our national hero…well done sir 😍😍😍😍
Those separatists ate all their money. Which these people deserved
Motherland INDUSTAN
Ladakhi and north-east peoples are really great,ladakh and north-east india is really beautiful😍🙏
Sonam vagchuk owasam man
This man is a genius!
May be disliker are great scientist 🤣😉😁🤭
Great
Separation of Ladakh from kashmir is the best thing that has happened to us
Thank you Modi ❤️
Now we can finally get our funds properly
Thank🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱
Share this as much as you can
Morons in mobistan-lyncistan are happy that 370 finished and Ladakh is UT.
The man is born for the purpose to take world one step forward……hats off
Sonam sir ke ek ek new ideas se hm ek new India bna skte h
Different between Pakistan sponsored terrorist in Kashmir (Not Jammu) & Human in Ladakh.
Khup chan. great job.
Incredible India
Salute to your efforts sir… hats off to you.
Real Engineering Marvel !!!
That’s an amazing piece of engineering.
He deserves Bharat Ratna and Nobble Prize for science and innovation
Someone give this man a noble
I wonder if it is possible to build dam across streams and keeping the waters from these melting glaciers and to use them during the summer months……
Jh
making proud for India
This is the first positive report about INDIA I saw in Al-Jazeera.
difference betwn peaceful people of ladkh and peaceful religion in kashmir😉
they r happy as they have people like wangchuk..not rest of indian who r so corrupt
Difference between some pelters and ladhakis is seen here.
Bravo Bro…👍This is a informative ..& Good Videographer too
india also needs one child policy.
And somewhere in the plains, and hills, deserts, and mountains, people ignorant people are burning driving fighting smoking greedily and eating gobbling meat and lots of oily deep dried food to satisfy their defiled taste buds, as if no care is needed for tomorrow’s innocent children
We are very lucky to have him
🇮🇳💓
Really amazing
Hats off sir
🙏🙏🙏 sabhe satta sukhi hontu .om Mami padmi hum.🙏🙏🙏
he is the only man who is worried about us. thanks to him.
Salute sir ji
Good job sir
Sir Sonam Wangchuk… your idea is the best contribution to the whole of humanity.
2 MILLION LITRES OF WATER CAPACITY CREATED!!!
sonam wangchuk. really inspiring ❤️