In 1941, thousands of people died in Huaraz when the natural dam on a lake above the city gave way. Now, melting glaciers are ...
The Administrative Secretary of the Ladakh Disaster Management Relief, Rehabilitation and Reconstruction (DMRRR) Department, ...
Dehradun: The Uttarakhand government has formed two teams of experts to conduct a risk assessment and survey of five glacial ...
The Uttarakhand government has formed two teams of experts to conduct a risk assessment and survey of five glacial lakes in the state that are highly vulnerable to ...
Glaciers in the third pole are receding at an enhanced pace, fueled by the increasing temperatures across South Asia.
Many pose a potential glacial lake outburst flood threat, a climate change-induced threat, to downstream communities and infrastructure. The term glacial lake outburst flood refers to the ...
The situation calls for us to be more strategic and vigilant about establishing a model of climate-resilient policy ...
and the combined impact of glacial outbursts due to sudden bursts of rainfall leading to flooding threat,” Lotus said. Ladakh is a rain shadow area but the region received 27 mm rain in 24 hours ...
Bhutan was ranked 38th among the countries most vulnerable to climate change and 62nd in terms of readiness to handle it, as ...
Known as glacial isostatic adjustment ... further increasing the threat posed by flooding. Some of those places are obvious, like low-lying Eagles Island, which is currently being eyed for ...
What if building on the water could be safer and sturdier than building on flood-prone land? In a corner of the Rijksmuseum ...