TEHRAN –Barf-Andil, the skill of storing snow in mountainous areas of Iran, is on the verge of oblivion, ISNA reported on Friday.

Historically, Barf-Andil was a skill used by nomads and herders of North Khorasan province to store water in winter, particularly Kormanj nomads.

They practiced this talent to store water for the last five decades.

Although the skill was inscribed on the National Intangible Cultural Heritage last year, it is getting forgotten due to climate change, the report added.

Since high altitudes have a lot of snow and the prevailing weather conditions, especially the cold, cause the snow to last a long time in the holes, Barf-Andils can be seen on the high and snow-bearing peaks and valleys.

They have had much less snow storage in the past two decades due to climate changes and global warming.

Scientists are very confident that the Earth’s temperature will continue to rise for several decades, mainly due to greenhouse gases produced by human activity.

It is expected that the average global temperature in the next few decades will reach two (in some estimates, three) degrees of Celsius. This change will affect all regions of the Earth.

The Year 2021, with a temperature of 0.84 degrees Celsius higher than the average of the 20th century, was the sixth hottest consecutive year recorded on the planet.

The years 2013-2021 are all among the ten warmest years on record. The year 2021 was also the 45th consecutive year (since 1977) with global temperature, at least nominally, higher than the average of the 20th century.

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