Aerial photograph showing flooding in the Traverse Gap, the former southern outlet of Glacial Lake Agassiz and the source of River Warren. Ice-covered Lake Traverse (Mde Hdakiŋyaŋ), a natural ...

Glaciers are melting at an alarming rate due to climate change, leading to the formation and expansion of glacial lakes. While these lakes may appear serene, they pose a serious threat of sudden ...

New Delhi [India], February 4 (ANI): The Central government has approved National Glacial Lake Outburst Flood Risk Mitigation Project (NGRMP) for its implementation in Arunachal Pradesh, Himachal ...

The Centre has approved the implementation of a new National Glacial Lake Outburst Flood (GLOF) Risk Mitigation Project (NGRMP) in Himachal Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Sikkim and Uttarakhand. In a ...

New research has tracked the evolution of a glacier lake dammed by a glacier surge using satellite images, to help better understand its life cycle and the hazard it presents to nearby communities.

Abstract: Due to climate change, the Northwesterner Gilgit Baltistan's, Ghizer district is highly susceptible to glacial lake outburst floods (GLOFs). Nearly 24 GLOFs have occurred in this area in the ...

Here’s your knowledge nugget for today. The environment ministry’s expert appraisal committee (EAC) has cleared a proposal to construct a 118-metre high dam in the same place where a devastating ...

Sikkim’s South Lhonak lake, which had disgorged water matching 20,000 Olympic swimming pools into the Teesta river valley 16 months ago claiming 55 lives, remains highly susceptible to another glacial ...

The findings also revealed that hazards caused by glacier surges—like the formation of large lakes—can continue for many years after the surge has ended. Co-lead author, Dr. Sher Muhammad from ...

A new study analyzing a lake formed by a glacier surge in the Karakoram Mountains has revealed how satellite images can be used to monitor the potential for lake drainage hazards. New research has ...