Unstable Tibetan Plateau risks cascading disasters as glacier losses mount in Nepal, China

Glaciers on the Tibetan Plateau are likely to become more unstable, which may lead to more collapses and collateral disa

sters, a senior climate official warns as the death toll from last week’s catastrophic landslide and flood on the China-Nepal border continues to rise. “Over the past 60 years, the glacier area on the...

via South China Morning Post
 
 
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