The imminent threat of flooding due to glacial melting, exacerbated by climate change, has resulted in strict warnings from officials who urge residents to take immediate action to safeguard lives ...
WMO report warns of glacier retreat in High Mountain Asia, emphasizing the impact on natural hazards. Uttarakhand's 2013 GLOF ...
To test this further, the research team used the United States Geological Survey Catalog to identify 11,733 earthquakes of magnitude >4 and 67 temporally known glacial lake outburst floods since ...
Recent glacial lake outburst floods in the Himalayas highlight the need for proactive climate action to protect vulnerable mountain communities. India has already experienced the scale of damage ...
In the aftermath of the Glacial Lake Outburst Flood, Sikkim experienced a severe drop in tourism. However, proactive measures ...
UN weather agency issues ‘red alert’ on climate change after record heat, ice-melt increases in 2023 The U.N. weather agency is sounding a "red alert" about global warming, citing record ...
Remember the South Lhonak glacial lake outburst floods (GLOF) in Sikkim in October last year that washed away an entire army ...
A flood alert has been issued in a Pakistani province due to glacial melting, with officials warning of potential heavy ...
Unchecked emission of greenhouse gases has quickened the loss of Himalayan glaciers by 66 per cent in the last decade. This has come to light in a study ...
The Indian government initiates an early warning system (EWS) for 188 critical lakes in the Indian Himalayan Region prone to ...
SWAT: Glacial lake outburst floods (Glofs) have wreaked havoc on people’s lives and livelihoods in the picturesque valleys of Utror, Gabral, and Mankiyal in northern Pakistan. The residents told ...
Bengaluru: Satellite images of catchments of Indian Himalayan river basins over the past 40 years have indicated significant expansion of glacial lakes, the Indian Space Research Organisation ...