Temperature rise causes flood risk and complexity to soar in high mountain asia - Scientists - ICIMOD Kathmandu – A new analysis of 1,015 floods in High Mountain Asia, just published in Science Bulletin, confirms a significant rise in the frequency of floods since 2000 and confirms that temperature…

🔹Authors urge greater emphasis on community-based flood mitigation efforts including community awareness programs, locally-led construction of protective infrastructure, and local emergency planning.



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Will landscape responses reduce glacier sensitivity to climate change in High Mountain Asia? Abstract. In High Mountain Asia (HMA) ongoing climate change threatens mountain water resources as glaciers melt, and the resulting changes in runoff and water availability are likely to have consider...

New discussion paper in The Cryosphere. 🧪⚒️❄️ #glaciers #climatechange #HighMountainAsia egusphere.copernicus.org/preprints/20...

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💧Faster snow melt threatens southern alps water availability
🌏 Decline in Arctic ozone intensifies drought conditions in Europe and Eurasia
🏔️ Rising temps put #hydropower across #HighMountainAsia at risk

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