Scientists have, for the first time, observed a massive glacial lake outburst in East Greenland, releasing over 3,000 billion liters of meltwater within weeks. For the first time, scientists have ...

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 ...

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 ...

Over a year after a glacial lake outburst flood (GLOF) ravaged parts of Sikkim and washed away a 60-metre-high rockfill concrete dam of the 1200-MW Teesta-III hydel project, an environment ministry ...

An international study has cautioned that the growing number of hydroelectric projects near glacier lakes in the Himalayas increases risks of glacial lake outburst floods (GLOF). The 2023 flood ...

remains highly susceptible to another glacial lake outburst flood, a study has suggested. The study, by an international team of scientists, underlines the need for both risk mitigation strategies and ...

Each large lake phase drained rapidly between May and July as glacial lake outburst floods (GLOFs), typically over one to two days. The GLOF in May 2022 caused the Hassanabad Bridge, a major ...

Known as a glacial lake outburst flood, it killed at least 55 people, left dozens more missing, damaged agricultural land and destroyed a hydropower dam. The Sikkim flood was declared one of the ...