The Unseen Victims of Climate Change: When Nature's Fury Meets Human Vulnerability Recent flash floods in the Nepal Tibet border left a trail of devastation, prompting questions about the disaster's cause.
Initially attributed to an earthquake, scientists now point to a more insidious force: the collapse of a glacier. Himalayan glaciers are melting at an alarming rate due to rising temperatures and climate change.
The US Geological Survey had warned of a "glacial collapse" in this region before, but their predictions were tragically prophetic. The human cost of such disasters is immeasurable.