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Wednesday, July 9, 2025
TopicHimalayan glacier

Topic: Himalayan glacier

Climate change causing glaciers around Everest to melt, ADB says

Dozens have been displaced, and infrastructure destroyed in the Mount Everest region, local sherpas told ADB.

What’s a ‘moraine’, how its fall caused Sikkim’s South Lhonak Lake flood and why threat remains

South Lhonak glacial lake burst its banks on 3 October, triggering a deadly flood. Experts and govt officials caution that a glacial lake outburst flood (GLOF) can't be ruled out.

A burst glacial lake caused Sikkim flood. What’s a GLOF & why Indian subcontinent’s at great risk

Scientists have ample evidence of GLOF events unleashing megafloods. The Sikkim flash flood happened after decades of warnings about exactly such an occurrence. 

Stellar crew of NASA’s Artemis moon voyage named & a possible ‘Himalayan’ error in glacier watch

ScientiFix, our weekly feature, offers you a summary of the top global science stories of the week, with links to their sources.

‘Vital as never before’: Parliamentary panel urges govt to set up apex body for glacier management

Standing committee says Himalayan-Karakoram region warming at faster rate compared to global mean average, flags 'meagre' funds for monitoring glacier melt & need for more researc

15 million at risk of disastrous glacial lake outbursts, Indians among top 4, says study

It says a total of 90 million people across 30 countries live in 1,089 basins containing glacial lakes; the most at risk live within 50 kilometres of one.

IIT Bombay team is creating a model to study evolution of glacial lakes, predict breaking point

Using the available meteorological data the researchers were able to estimate how the lake will grow and arrive at a conclusion that the lake will reach its maximum length by 2030. 

Glaciers in Ladakh, J&K melting at ‘significant’ rate, shows satellite data study

The study was carried across the Line of Control & Line of Actual Control, and a total of 12,243 glaciers were studied for thickness and mass changes.

Melting Himalayan glaciers forming thousands of lakes, but not all water drains downstream

The contribution of glacier meltwater to river flow cannot be sustained over long periods of glacier shrinkage. That means river flow in SE Asia will soon be at risk.

India’s longer summers & delayed monsoons are partly due to retreating Himalayan glaciers

A US satellite has confirmed what TERI found in 2017 — that Himalayan glaciers are in trouble, which may disrupt the major river systems of the subcontinent.

On Camera

Op Sindoor gave global visibility to Indian weapons. Defence exports now shape our soft power

Defence exports were once seen as exceptions. Today, they are part of annual planning cycles. Startups now pitch to the Army in structured innovation challenges. PSUs participate in global tenders.

India-US trade talks in final stages, withdrawn NITI Aayog paper shifts focus to GM soybean, corn

Working paper invited backlash from several farmers’ groups including BKU & BKS who opposed recommendation for import of genetically modified soybean & corn for oil extraction.

Op Sindoor: CDS contradicts Army Deputy Chief, says China support to Pakistan ‘very difficult to define’

Army Deputy Chief Lt Gen Rahul R Singh had earlier said that China was giving live updates to Pakistan regarding Indian military deployments.

Kutch was the cue, Sindoor the signal. India needs a 6-month, 2-yr & 5-yr plan for Asim Munir

Kutch is our most forgotten war with Pakistan. Learn from it and draw up a plan for the next six months, two years and five years.