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“Nepal Floods: Did Climate Change Cause Himalayan Devastation?”
“Video of the flood quickly spread online, though some had been fabricated by AI .”
“If that becomes structurally unsound, it can take part of the glacier with it, as the satellite images appear to show.”
“Shugar notes that changes in the weather could have contributed to the conditions that caused this flood, not just the melting of permafrost.”
““A giant chunk of the mountainside — we don’t know the exact volume yet — broke loose and took a piece of the glacier with it,” Shugar says.”
““It reached the first affected town in only seven minutes,” Clark says.”
“A landslide that was first thought to be the result of an earthquake actually looks to have resulted from a confluence of events surrounding part of a glacier breaking free at a high altitude, along with the loose earth surrounding it.”
“Prabin RANABHAT/AFP/Getty Images A flash flood that struck Nepal last week has left over 1,000 people dead, and thousands more are missing.”
“Researchers around the world are using satellite imagery to try to understand what happened.”
“This permafrost essentially holds together the mountainside near these glaciers.”
““People thought it must be a glacial lake outburst flood, but it was a landslide with a piece of glacier on top that collapsed and melted all of the ice.” Trending Stories Sean Ono Lennon Confirms Birth of Baby Boy, John Lennon and Yoko Ono's First Grandchild Alanis Morissette Sues Former Tour Manager, Alleges ‘Extortionate’ Threat Over Airport Drugs Jonathan Bailey Drops Out of West End Musical After Ariana Grande’s Departure Lizzo Scores Court Win as Judge Tosses Tour Staffer’s Harassment, Discrimination Lawsuit How exactly climate change played a role in the flood remains to be seen, but there are many indicators pointing to human impacts on the climate being a major factor.”
““A couple dozen other scientists are working on this [research] together, around the world,” Shugar says, noting that there’s a Slack channel where they share satellite images and observations.”
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“That catastrophic flash flood looks to have been caused by melting permafrost and increased rainfall, as well as retreating glaciers, in a high-altitude region.”
“A powerful mixture of rock, earth, and water plunged through the valleys of the Himalayas and made its way to populated areas.”
“The story is a little more complicated than that, though, according to experts who study these kinds of glaciers.”
“But what we do know is that the warming conditions we’ve seen in Himalaya over the last several years are exactly the kind that can lead to processes like what we observed last week.” Clark says large, sediment-laden floods in this region have been increasing in number over the last decade or so, and warming temperatures appear to be part of the cause.”
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