Tag: #Glacial lakes
Articles tagged with #Glacial lakes

Mapping Kangchenjunga glacial flood risk
Researcher models future floods from dangerous glacial lakes in Nepal to propose risk reduction measures

Lives on the line in the Himalaya
The Thame flood showed climate risk is a given, and Nepal has no choice but to be prepared

For destruction, ice is also great and will suffice
Increased risk of glacial lake outburst floods threatens lives and mega projects in the Himalaya

DANGER: Nepal’s glacial lakes are filling up
Among all the other disasters we have to be prepared for are glacial lake outburst floods

Non-climate cause of Nanda Devi flood
The origin of the Nanda Devi massif rockslide and the debris flow on a CubeSat image at 10:30 IST, just before the flood reached the Tapovan…

More Himalayan tsunamis
What remains of the Dhauliganga hydropower project in Chamoli district of India’s Uttarakhand state after Sunday’s deadly glacial flood. Photo:…

Nepal's glacial lakes in danger of bursting
Tso Rolpa glacial lake at 4,580m has grown seven times in size in the past 60 years due to global heating. Photo: RASTRARAJ BHANDARIA new report…
