Himalayan Outburst Lakes May Be Increasing GLOFs
More research needed to understand risk of glacial floods.
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More research needed to understand risk of glacial floods.
Photographic and scientific evidence shows that the melting third pole is still devastating the region
Images from the Hindu Kush-Himalayan region–including Bhutan, Nepal, China, Tibet and India
Floods, droughts, wildfires, windstorms, water contamination and illnesses plague the 1.3 billion people who live in the watersheds directly supplied by glacial melt from the Hindu Kush-Himalaya region.
Officials have begun blasting boulders to expand the spillway of glacial melt.
The Fraser Institute, a right-leaning Canadian think tank, wants a shift in government water policy.
Magnetic imaging lets scientists peer beneath the surface to see exactly where groundwater sources are located.
“How modern society is affecting our water culture and the rights of indigenous communities.”
A tidal wave, reaching up to 60 meters high, is expected to race through the Hunza valley of the Himalayas.
Water shipped in large tankers designed for oil as a supply solution to the global freshwater crisis?
Bulk water sales have succeeded and been banned around the world.
After a decade of unsuccessful attempts to sell bulk water, Sitka hopes to sell 50 million gallons by 2011.