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The exercise by scientists from India, Switzerland and the US has also indicated that 1,770 Himalayan glacial lakes are exposed to possible landslides or avalanches that could trigger glacial lake outburst floods (GLOFs) ....
India and China together account for 2.8 B people, or 35% of the world’s population. But many other neighboring countries also have a massive population: Indonesia has 274M, Pakistan 230M, Japan… ....
Glacial lake in the Himalayan region. (Credit: Heng Li) (CN) Spurred by climate change, glacial retreat is intensifying across much of the Eastern Himalayas known as Earth’s “Third Pole” threatening vulnerable downstream communities with torrential floods. The Hindu Kush-Himalaya, Tibetan Plateau and surrounding areas contain more glaciers than anywhere else on Earth outside of the North and South poles, which is where their nickname comes from. Rising temperatures across the region in recent years are melting these ancient glaciers at an alarming pace when that occurs too quickly, the result is a “glacial lake outburst flood.” These floods occur when a lake that formed below a melting glacier essentially bursts at the seams. They can devastate communities hundreds of miles downstream and across international boundaries, further complicating prevention and relief efforts, especially in politically sensitive areas like the Pamir region between Tajikist ....