After Nepal's Disaster, Scientists Are Watching a Growing Threat in Glacial Lakes
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Natural of the Guipuzcoan municipality of Elgoibar, Eñaut Izagirre is one of the great experts in glaciers in our country.
UK Telegraph Blames Nepal Floods On ‘Melting Glue’! ‘Changing climate caused ‘glue’ holding slab of ice in place to melt, scientists say’
And that headline? Turns out that these anonymous scientists said nothing of the sort... As Simon Cook, the geo-scientist, points out, there also appears to be a sharp break in the bedrock, where the glacier broke. This indicates a geological collapse, rather than a glacial one.
Hong-Gil Um (66), Executive Director of the Hong-Gil Um Human Foundation, expressed his devastation, saying that his concern from two months ago when he visited the Rasuwa region in Nepal—“If a water bomb comes down (here), the damage will be really big”—has finally become a reality. He, who made history as the first person in the world to climb all 16 Himalayan peaks over 8,000 meters, has been in the Himalayas since 2008
Nepal's disaster record reaches a frightening level. At least 940 people have perished and, according to the most recent estimates, nearly 4,000 are missing.
INTERVIEW - Ugo Nanni is a glaciologist and seismologist. He is a Research Fellow, CNRS, Institute of Environmental Geosciences, Grenoble Alpes University.
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