Aerial photograph showing flooding in the Traverse Gap, the former southern outlet of Glacial Lake Agassiz and the source of River Warren. Ice-covered Lake Traverse (Mde Hdakiŋyaŋ), a natural ...

Glaciers are melting at an alarming rate due to climate change, leading to the formation and expansion of glacial lakes. While these lakes may appear serene, they pose a serious threat of sudden ...

A Glacial Lake Outburst Flood (GLOF) is a sudden release of water from a glacial lake due to the failure of a natural dam, leading to catastrophic flooding.Global warming has intensified the risk ...

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 ...

New Delhi [India], February 4 (ANI): The Central government has approved National Glacial Lake Outburst Flood Risk Mitigation Project (NGRMP) for its implementation in Arunachal Pradesh, Himachal ...

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 ...

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 ...

New research has tracked the evolution of a glacier lake dammed by a glacier surge using satellite images, to help better understand its life cycle and the hazard it presents to nearby communities.

The Centre has approved the implementation of a new National Glacial Lake Outburst Flood (GLOF) Risk Mitigation Project (NGRMP) in Himachal Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Sikkim and Uttarakhand. In a ...

Sikkim’s South Lhonak lake, which had disgorged water matching 20,000 Olympic swimming pools into the Teesta river valley 16 months ago claiming 55 lives, remains highly susceptible to another glacial ...