With each summer, as these ice giants shrink, anxiety grows among those who rely on the dependable flow of their waters ... and intensity of these Glacial Lake Outburst Floods (GLOFs).

Additionally, understanding glacier movements helps in assessing the risk of geohazards like glacial lake outburst floods ... extraction of glacier flow lines, and the analysis of glacier surface ...

For many years, scientists have been discussing whether the population in mountain regions is increasingly at risk from ...

This rapid expansion increases risk of glacial lake outburst floods (GLOFs) for downstream communities. Published in journal Elsevier's Global and Planetary Change, the study analysed satellite ...

The event was identified as a glacial lake outburst flood (GLOF), which is a sudden release of water from a lake fed by glacial melt. The research, published in Science, explores the many drivers of ...

Experts have emphasised the pressing need for decisive and collaborative measures to tackle the challenges stemming from glacial melt and glacial lake outburst floods (GLOFs) in Pakistan.

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 ...

NEW DELHI: The Centre has approved Rs 150 crore for a project to mitigate risk due to glacial lake outburst flood (GLOF) in Arunachal Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Sikkim and Uttarakhand. According ...

Does flooding from melting glaciers pose a growing danger in the high mountains? Not necessarily, as a study led by the ...

National Disaster Management Authority has anticipated that a glacial lake outburst flood GLOF, Landslides and Flash Flood is expected in Pakhtunkhwa and Gilgit Baltistan due to increasing glacier ...