巴基斯坦北部的土著人利用传统迹象预测致命水灾, Indigenous people in northern Pakistan use traditional signs to predict deadly floods, saving lives where tech fails.

在巴基斯坦北部的Gilgit-Baltistan地区,土著社区正在利用传统知识(例如观察动物行为、异乎寻常的声音和天气模式)来探测和应对日益频繁的冰川湖溃决洪水(GLOFs),这往往比高科技预警系统更为有效。 In northern Pakistan’s Gilgit-Baltistan region, Indigenous communities are using traditional knowledge—such as observing animal behavior, unusual sounds, and weather patterns—to detect and respond to increasingly frequent glacial lake outburst floods (GLOFs), often more effectively than high-tech early warning systems. 尽管政府部署了基于传感器的警报, 但许多当地民众仍依赖时间测试的方法, 如信号火和枪声警告邻居, Despite government deployment of sensor-based alerts, many locals rely on time-tested methods like signal fires and gunfire to warn neighbors, enabling timely evacuations and saving lives in remote, hard-to-reach areas. 随着气候变化的加速冰川融化和降雪的减少,这些祖传习俗对于世界上最气候脆弱地区之一的抗御能力至关重要。 With climate change accelerating glacier melt and reducing snowfall, these ancestral practices are proving vital for resilience in one of the world’s most climate-vulnerable regions.