Himalayan ‘Glacier Bankruptcy’ Threatens Water Security for 2 Billion in Asia

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Climate change has been unfair to Bhutan, a Himalayan country sandwiched between India and China. According to the constitution of the mountainous country, forests cannot fall below 60 percent of the country's total land area. The article Water levels in glacial lakes are monitored around the clock in Bhutan to prevent flash floods was first published on SSS.fi.

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In Bhutan, there is a 24-hour staffing to monitor threatening floods. The disaster in Nepal and Tibet has raised fears that something similar is coming in Bhutan.

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The collapse of ice mass on the Nepal-China border triggered continuous surveillance in high-risk basins exposed to sudden floods