When Mountains Mourn: The Himalayan Glaciers' Grim Farewell The recent floods in Nepal have left a trail of devastation, with glacier collapse and massive landslide converging at their epicenter.
This catastrophe is the result of climate change's insidious creep into high mountain environments. Glaciologists have long warned about the effects of warming on glaciers, but these warnings often fall on deaf ears.
The evidence mounts: glaciers are retreating at an alarming rate, and with it, the risk of rare but devastating cascading hazards increases.