Decades ago, I’d visit glacial lakes in late March and early April to spot common loons and different duck species, such as buffleheads with their compact bodies and pure white-and black plumages.

On Wisconsin’s glacial lakes, wake-enhanced boats are a non-native, invasive species. Developed in the southeast and southwest regions of the country, wake boats were first used on large reservo ...

An international study has cautioned that the growing number of hydroelectric projects near glacier lakes in the Himalayas increases risks of glacial lake outburst floods (GLOF). The 2023 flood ...

Picture Courtesy: Sikkim Government Scientists have classified 50 glacial lakes in the Himalayas as “very highly hazardous”, at risk of glacial lake outburst floods (GLOFs) triggered by the collapse ...

NEW DELHI: The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has issued notice to the Centre and its agencies regarding the rapid expansion of the Himalayan glacial lakes, raising concerns over the increasing ...

The study noted that due to fast melting and fragmentation of glaciers, the number of glacial lakes has increased. The glaciers in the region which were spread over 50.8 square kilometres have ...

Picture courtesy: The Sikkim government Sikkim has completed a survey of its 320 glacial lakes as part of the first exercise in the country to mitigate glacial lake outburst floods or GLOFs, state ...

Intense flooding continued on August 7, after the sudden draining of a glacial lake near the Mendenhall River in Juneau, Alaska. Rich Ross Around 3:30 in the morning on August 6, the first ...

India is setting up high-tech warning systems at nearly 200 Himalayan glacial lakes at risk of bursting their banks, a deadly threat exacerbated by climate change, disaster officials said Tuesday.

Officials have initiated a two-week study to evaluate six high-risk glacial lakes in Sikkim at the behest of NDMA. This includes assessing lake physical dimensions and moraine dam stability ...

The NDMA has identified 189 high-risk glacial lakes in the Indian Himalayas and launched a ₹150-crore program for risk mitigation, including monitoring and early warning systems. Over the last ...

Army officials, civic authorities and scientists on Saturday confirmed that the massive flash floods in a high-altitude village in the Everest region of Nepal were caused by two glacial lake ...