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Enhanced glacial lake activity threatens numerous communities and infrastructure in the Third Pole [PDF]
Nature Communications, 2023 Glacial lake outburst floods (GLOFs) are among the most severe cryospheric hazards in the Third Pole, encompassing the Tibetan Plateau and surrounding Himalayas, Hindu Kush, and Tianshan Mountains.
Taigang Zhang +3 more
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Climate change and the global pattern of moraine-dammed glacial lake outburst floods [PDF]
The Cryosphere, 2018 Despite recent research identifying a clear anthropogenic impact on glacier recession, the effect of recent climate change on glacier-related hazards is at present unclear.
S. Harrison +16 more
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Glacier change and glacial lake outburst flood risk in the Bolivian Andes [PDF]
The Cryosphere, 2016 Glaciers of the Bolivian Andes represent an important water resource for Andean cities and mountain communities, yet relatively little work has assessed changes in their extent over recent decades.
S. J. Cook +8 more
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Transition of a small Himalayan glacier lake outburst flood to a giant transborder flood and debris flow [PDF]
Scientific Reports, 2022 Glacial lake outburst floods (GLOFs) are a great concern for the Himalaya, as they can severely damage downstream populations and infrastructures. These floods originate at high altitudes and can flow down with enormous energy and change the terrain’s ...
Ashim Sattar +3 more
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It is time to build GLOF-resilient communities globally before another GLOF disaster strikes
npj Natural HazardsGlacial lake outburst floods (GLOFs) are natural catastrophic events that pose a growing threat to mountain communities worldwide. Despite extensive research, hazard mapping, and risk modelling, these events continue to cause large-scale destruction to ...
Rayees Ahmed +2 more
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Progress and challenges in glacial lake outburst flood research (2017–2021): a research community perspective [PDF]
Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, 2022 Glacial lake outburst floods (GLOFs) are among the most concerning consequences of retreating glaciers in mountain ranges worldwide. GLOFs have attracted significant attention amongst scientists and practitioners in the past 2 decades, with particular ...
A. Emmer +41 more
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International Journal of Economic and Environment Geology, 2021 Glaciers of the central Karakorum region are the primary source of fresh water and lifeline for downstream inhabitants but changing climatic conditions put serious impacts on glaciers which cause rapid ablation and the creation of glacial lakes.
Prof. Dr. Viqar Husain +2 more
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Frontiers in Earth Science, 2021 Ongoing recession of glaciers in the Himalaya in response to global climate change has far-reaching impacts on the formation and expansion of glacial lakes.
Nitesh Khadka +9 more
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Geomatics, Natural Hazards & Risk, 2021 We observed the surge velocity, terminus advance, lake formation and outburst, as well as its downstream impacts at Shisper Glacier in the Karakoram, Pakistan and suggest potential nature-based risk-reduction solutions.
Sher Muhammad +8 more
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The 2020 glacial lake outburst flood at Jinwuco, Tibet: causes, impacts, and implications for hazard and risk assessment [PDF]
The Cryosphere, 2021 We analyze and reconstruct a recent glacial lake outburst flood (GLOF) process chain on 26 June 2020, involving the moraine-dammed proglacial lake – Jinwuco (30.356∘ N, 93.631∘ E) in eastern Nyainqentanglha, Tibet, China.
G. Zheng +13 more
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