The round-the-clock monitors protecting Bhutan from glacier risk
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The round-the-clock monitors protecting Bhutan from glacier risk
The glacial collapse that caused deadly floods on the Nepal-Tibet border late last month is a stark reminder of the dangers faced by Bhutan, which has over 600 glaciers nestled in the mountain ranges across its north. As climate change melts these ancient ice rivers, they can form glacial lakes held back by fragile debris walls. When these collapse, the lakes burst and flood communities downstream. The threat is not theoretical. In 1994, a so-ca…
After a flood that has caused deaths between Nepal and China, the little Himalayan kingdom more than ever monitors its glacial lakes. At the slightest sign of this... Read more In Bhutan, guardians watch over glacial lakes that have become threatening appeared first on The Singulier.
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