WorldMelting Himalayas? Nepal disaster exposes growing risk of glacial flooding

The disaster is described as one of the tragic consequences of global warming. Scientists will assess whether retreating glaciers caused last Wednesday’s ice-shelf collapse, which triggered a catastrophic flood cascading more than 3,000 metres from the Chinese border into Nepal.

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