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 ...

The initiative aims to prevent loss of life and reduce economic loss and damage to critical infrastructure due to floods caused by glacial lake outbursts. NGRMP endeavours to strengthen the early ...

Arunachal Pradesh’s glaciers are melting rapidly, raising risks of flooding and water shortages. A new study warns of climate ...

The research excluded the continental sheets of the Antarctic and Greenland, the world’s biggest ice masses, but concluded that glaciers in the rest of the world had lost 5 per cent of their volume ...

The event was identified as a glacial lake outburst flood (GLOF), which is a sudden release of water from a lake fed by glacial melt. The research, published in Science, explores the many drivers of ...

Crucially, the study found no evidence of a “triggering cloudburst event” in the vicinity of the lake. The Sikkim government ...

Experts recommend controlled drainage to avoid disaster Mohinder Verma JAMMU, Feb 14: Three glacial lakes in the upper ...

Does flooding from melting glaciers pose a growing danger in the high mountains? Not necessarily, as a study led by the ...

As global warming accelerates the melting of Himalayan glaciers and increases risks, the expert committee’s decision to ...

Dehradun: A study by researchers from the University of Hamburg and Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) has highlighted a ...