For many years, scientists have been discussing whether the population in mountain regions is increasingly at risk from meltwater floods, as melting glaciers release more and more water. A small ...
Melting ice doesn’t just mean rising sea levels — it can reshape life as we know it. Scientists shocked by acceleration of ...
Pilgrims are being fast-tracked into ‘spiritual tourists’. This places impossible demands on the vulnerable Himalayan region ...
as sudden floods caused by glacial lake outbursts can be destructive. Despite the urgency of the issue, research on the Eastern Himalayas remains limited. This study contributes to the ...
CHENNAI: Images of melting glaciers are perhaps the most common representation of climate change. Glaciers around the world are melting at an alarming rate due to global warming. A recent study by ...
The competition aimed to find innovative solutions for Glacial Lake Outburst Flood threats in the Himalayas. Bannari Amman Institute of Technology, Tamil Nadu, won the contest which began in ...
Other lakes are dammed by moraines left behind by glacial melting. In the Himalayas, Alaska and Patagonia in particular, the potential danger posed by moraine-dammed lakes for settlements and ...