Sciencekaari

Flooding in Nepal is renewing warnings about the dangers of melting glaciers across the Himalayas. Commentators are asking what scale of destruction could follow if Himalayan glaciers continue to thaw, pointing to the region's vulnerability to glacial lake outburst floods and downstream damage to villages, infrastructure and hydropower. The floods have put climate risk in the Himalayas back at the centre of public discussion in India and Nepal.