Experts warn climate crisis may destabilise mountain glaciers

A massive glacier collapse triggered the deadly #Nepal #Tibet disaster. Some background: The glaciers in this #Langtang region have lost ~41% of their area since ~1815 - and the rate of loss has increased 4X since the 1970s - as these high elevations warm roughly 2X as fast as the global average 1/

Climate scientists predicted that global warming would melt upland ice holding rocks and glaciers in place and we would get deadly collapses. Instead of listening the fossil fuel companies promoted drill baby drill politics. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...

“As humans warm the planet by burning fossil fuels, the Himalayas are losing their permafrost, a mixture of soil, rocks and organic matter that has remained frozen for thousands of years” This is a climate change disaster. #Sheshed www.nytimes.com/2026/08/27/c...

There are Kiwis online saying 'it was an earthquake' that triggered the collapse, not climate change. WRONG If that were the case NZ would have ZERO fucking glaciers left. Up to 1sq KM of ice fell hundreds of meters to the valley floor triggering the horrific unimaginably terrifying floods

Climate Crisis Impact Today "The devastating flash flood that has ripped through the border communities of Nepal and Tibet has heightened fears that the climate crisis is destabilizing the geology of mountain and polar regions, threatening millions of people." www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...

The footage out of Nepal is beyond apocalyptic, and all of us who live in mountainous regions with glaciers could see it happen. Here in the cusco area we’ve already seen glacier chunk floods in the past few decades, and… (more)

Climate experts have been predicting disasters like Nepal for decades [email protected] www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...

Probably nothing to worry about that basically every American city is having record extreme weather this year and we’re getting AI-looking waves of water from collapsed glaciers in Nepal wiping out hundreds/thousands of people

Climate crisis likely destabilising mountain areas like #Nepal, experts warn - “More avalanches and more floods are inevitable - early warning systems are urgently needed to protect the people living in these valleys” #climatecrisis www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...

Climate Change Raises Risk of Disasters Like Nepal Floods www.nytimes.com/2026/08/27/c...

Scientists are still examining the precise mechanics of the Himalayan disaster, but many observe that glaciers and permafrost around the world are being weakened by global heating, caused by the burning of gas, oil and coal. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...

The footage looks like a scene from an over the top 1970s disaster movie. Just one of thousands of ways burn baby burn will bite. Do not let climate change deniers near the controls. theconversation.com/tsunami-of-d...

This is climate change. Nepal-Tibet floods: prepare for more climate-linked disasters. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

How melting glaciers contributed to the flooding disaster in the Himalayas ... Geoff Bennett discussed more with Dan Shugar of the waterSHED Lab at the University of Calgary. By Geoff Bennett, and Eliot Barnhart Read transcript or switch to audio Aug 27, 2026 6:55 PM EDT www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...

“It’s just the weather — climate change is a hoax.” — Donald J. Trump www.nytimes.com/2026/08/27/c... Glaciers and permafrost in the Himalayas are melting faster as temperatures rise, though scientists are still studying the exact causes of this week’s landslide.