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Scientists Warn of GLOF Threat From Arunachal’s Khangri Glacier
4+ day, 9+ hour ago (202+ words) Scientists conducting the 5th Khangri Glacier Expedition in Arunachal Pradesh’s Tawang district have reported alarming geomorphological changes in the Khangri Glacier, including the formation of a potentially dangerous proglacial lake that could trigger a Glacial Lake Outburst Flood (GLOF) in the…...
Sikkim???s 16 glacial lakes raise Glacial Lake Outburst Floods alarm
1+ week, 3+ day ago (447+ words) Shako Chho in North Sikkim has been identified as the state’s most vulnerable glacial lake. Statesman News Service | Siliguri | September 4, 2026 4:38 pm Sixteen high-risk pro-glacial and supraglacial lakes across the Sikkim Himalayas have emerged as potential sources of catastrophic Glacial Lake…...
Roads, Tunnels and Construction Are Chipping Away at Kashmir’s Mountains: Expert
1+ week, 3+ day ago (1671+ words) JAMMU: On August 16, a small group of University of Jammu students was heading toward Ladakh to study the ground and log coordinates. It was routine fieldwork on a stretch of road where no public memory of any disaster existed. That…...
Glacial collapse caused seismic activity, 'catastrophic' Nepal floods, USGS says
2+ week, 4+ day ago (616+ words) A glacial collapse caused seismic activity and “catastrophic” downstream impacts in Nepal and Tibet, the US Geological Survey said Thursday. The agency said seismic activity initially reported as an earthquake “was instead a glacial collapse and debris flow” that “caused…...
Stranded Kannadigas in Nepal seek airlift amid landslide risk; CM Shivakumar assures safe return - english.punjabkesari.com
2+ week, 2+ day ago (521+ words) Home » India » Stranded Kannadigas in Nepal seek airlift amid landslide risk; CM Shivakumar assures safe return On: Saturday, August 29, 2026 2:45 PM Bengaluru, Aug 29 (IANS) Kannadigas stranded in Nepal on Saturday urged Karnataka Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar to arrange an airlift, citing…...
Glacial collapse caused seismic activity, 'catastrophic' Nepal floods: USGS
2+ week, 4+ day ago (220+ words) A glacial collapse caused seismic activity and "catastrophic" downstream impacts in Nepal and Tibet, the US Geological Survey said Thursday. The agency said seismic activity initially reported as an earthquake "was instead a glacial collapse and debris flow" that "caused…...
Seismic waves from Nepal???s landslide-flood reached Alaska, and so should the lessons
1+ week, 4+ day ago (203+ words) There is a lot about what happened in Nepal that we do not yet understand, and Alaska has been spared a geologic event with this level of human toll. While the heartbreaking stories continue to unfold, we have a responsibility…...
The collapse of a mountainside triggered Nepal’s devastating floods. As the region’s mountains heat up, it won’t be the last
1+ week, 5+ day ago (975+ words) Doctoral Student, School of Earth, Atmosphere and Environment, Monash University On the morning of August 26, a section of mountain near Langtang Lirung peak in Nepal suddenly collapsed. A huge mass of rock, ice and debris plunged roughly 1,200 metres into the…...
Nepal Flood: Was World's Most Expensive Eye In The Sky NISAR Caught Napping?
1+ week, 6+ day ago (805+ words) This is NISAR satellite's moment of truth: the world's most expensive civilian Earth imaging satellite was built to track Himalayan hazards among others. Why is it missing in action from the Nepal flood story? The Himalayas, with their fragile glaciers,…...
Himalayas Have Been Warning Us for Years
2+ week, 2+ hour ago (1579+ words) The images coming out of Nepal should unsettle anyone who lives in, governs, builds upon, travels through, or sends hundreds of thousands of pilgrims into the Himalayas. Entire settlements have disappeared beneath mud and debris. Rivers have become corridors of…...