The ice stupas of Ladakh : solving water crisis in the high desert of Himalaya | Environment | The Guardian
▻https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/apr/22/the-ice-stupas-of-ladakh-solving-water-crisis-in-the-high-desert-of-him
▻https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/apr/22/the-ice-stupas-of-ladakh-solving-water-crisis-in-the-high-desert-of-him
The conical shape hit a sweet spot, maximising the volume of ice that can be “grown”, while minimising the surface area exposed to direct sunlight. That means it keeps melting well into the spring, releasing up to 5,000 litres of water each day by “storing it in the sky”, Wangchuk says.
▻http://icestupa.org
▻https://youtu.be/7dChiLpYifs
(accessoirement, je ne comprends pas pourquoi on a pas la prévisualisation des images du Guardian...?)
#Environnement #glacier_artificiel #réserve_d'eau
#ice_stupa