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Glacier Collapse Crisis in the Himalayas | Adelaide News
A deadly ice avalanche in Nepal’s Langtang Himal triggered flash floods that buried villages and left thousands missing or dead — so massive it registered as a 5.2 earthquake. Scientists blame climate change, with Himalayan glaciers melting faster and destabilizing the landscape, making such disasters more frequent. Similar collapses have hit Switzerland, Italy, and India, revealing a growing global threat to alpine communities. Rising temperatures on the Tibetan Plateau are turning permafrost into unstable slush, endangering both water supplies and lives. This is not an anomaly — it’s a…
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