Snowfall in Kashmir declining

Global warming appears to have taken a toll on the climate patterns in Kashmir valley which has been experiencing a decline in snowfall and rise in temperature. Scientists from Snow and Avalanche study establishment attributes this decreasing trend in areal extent of snow cover, rise in maximum temperature and decreasing trend in total snowfall may be the indicators of global warming or climate change. The total snowfall in the winter of 2004-05 was 1,082 centimetres across the valley that declined to 968 centimetres in 2005-06 and further to 961 centimetres in 2006-07.