Besides, three moderate-risk lakes and seven low-risk lakes have also been identified. Expeditions have been conducted to ...

The Government of Jammu and Kashmir is taking proactive steps to mitigate the risks associated with Glacial Lake Outburst ...

The Government of Jammu and Kashmir is taking significant steps to address the growing risk of Glacial Lake Outburst Floods ...

The Jammu and Kashmir government is taking steps to mitigate the risks associated with Glacial Lake Outburst Floods (GLOFs) ...

Satellite analyses by Suhora Technologies, which monitors 33,000 lakes across the Indus, Ganga, and Brahmaputra basins, ...

As global temperatures rise, glaciers are melting, creating dangerous glacial lakes. These lakes pose risks to downstream ...

This retreat leads to the formation of new lakes and the enlargement of existing ones in the Himalayan region. These bodies of water, created by the melting of glaciers, are known as glacial lakes ...

Kettle holes may be found if a block of 'dead ice' is partially buried by fluvio-glacial deposits. When the ice melts a hole is left which may fill with water to form a kettle hole lake.

The Himalayas are on the verge of losing 80% of their glaciers by the end of this century. This may affect the monsoons, water patterns, agriculture, and the life of communities. A sustainable ...

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 ...