Glaciologist Gulbara Omorova sits next to a hut serving as a science station in the Tian Shan mountain range on July 8, 2024. The effects of a warming planet have been particularly visible in Central Asia, which has seen a wave of extreme weather disasters. Glaciologist Gulbara Omorova hiked six hours up a mountain of the Tian Shan range in Kyrgyzstan to record the melting process of a glacier. (Photo by ARSENY MAMASHEV / AFP) (Photo by ARSENY MAMASHEV/AFP via Getty Images)