Pakistan’s Climate Change Floods, Seen From Above

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Re: Pakistan’s Climate Change Floods, Seen From Above

@hareem01

Here’s the opinions of various experts and researchers and according to them there are various factors which caused the flood and climate change might be one of them.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-10958760

Notice that no one used the term “Global Warming” rather they used “Climate Change”. Big difference.

Global Warming is one of many factors for Climate Change. They are inter-related anyway.

From the article your posted:

During a warm period ending about 6,000 years ago, the Indus was a monster river, more powerful and more prone to flooding than today.

Then, 4,000 years ago, as the climate cooled, a large part of it simply dried up. Deserts appeared whether mighty torrents once flowed.

Professor Martin Gibling of Dalhousie University in Halifax, Canada, a river expert who has worked in the region, thinks that changes in the strength of the monsoon caused by climate change may be to blame.

He explained: "Although many factors are involved, monsoon intensity is especially sensitive to the surface temperature of the Indian Ocean.

“During times of cooler climate, less moisture is picked up from the ocean, the monsoon weakens, and the Indus river flow is reduced.”

So even your posted article is saying, Global warming is one of the factor. If the temp continue to rise, the Indus will become a monster river again.