The Dangerous Future of Hydroelectric Power bloomberg.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from bloomberg.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Floods, landslides, and forest fires are becoming frequent in the Himalayas as reckless road, rail and dam constructions, tree felling, blasting and tunnelling in the fragile hills make continuous landslides or loose rock-falls a regular affair. A study has found that 51 per cent of Uttarakhand is “high” and “very high” landslide-prone.
(Bloomberg) It had been snowing hard for days in the Indian Himalayas before a thaw set in. Then, at 10:21 a.m. on Feb. 7, 2021, part of Ronti peak cracked…
Mar 14, 2022 (Bloomberg) It had been snowing hard for days in the Indian Himalayas before a thaw set in. Then, at 10:21 a.m. on Feb. 7, 2021, part of Ronti peak cracked and fell off the mountain.The resulting landslide had enough rock and ice to fill 12,000 Olympic swimming pools and was…
Environmental News Network - Seismic Forensics and Its Importance for Early Warning enn.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from enn.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.