Srishti Choudhary

Scientists have identified unusual signals recorded during the period of the disaster, and are now examining whether some signals are connected to the suspected avalanche.

One possibility is a rock and ice avalanche that may have temporarily blocked the river. Another is a glacial lake outburst flood, or GLOF, originating in the higher mountains

The collapse of the glacier left behind two natural barrier lakes, held together by loose rocks and moraine debris, containing several million cubic metres of water.

Glaciers in the Hindu Kush Region are retreating at an unprecedented rate due to warming, exposing the people living at high-altitudes to a spate of disasters.

Glaciers in the Hindu Kush region are retreating at an unprecedented rate due to warming, exposing high-altitude communities to disasters that are becoming more frequent and severe

Nearly 47% of the total 741 districts across India are reeling under deficient rains, as shortfall widens in Punjab, Gujarat, Marathwada, Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu.

The ministers met in Dili, Timor-Leste, to discuss strategy ahead of COP31, and sounded alarm on the unprecedented Nepal floods, calling this ‘a climate-induced disaster’

Rising temperatures are not only melting glaciers and leaving behind glacial lakes, boulders and rocks, but are also degrading the permafrost beneath the surface.

A new WRI India study has found that frequent mechanical sweeping is more effective at reducing road dust, than high- or medium-pressure water cleaning widely used in cities

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