Kaede Polkinghorne
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What the Himalaya can learn from the Andes (opens the original)
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The Trisuli Valley flood on 26 August has led to a renewed sense of urgency in addressing Glacial Lake Outburst Flood (GLOF) risk in the Himalaya. While there were geological forces at play in the Langtang Lirung slope collapse, glacial lakes similarly present a looming danger exacerbated by rising global temperatures. On the other side of the planet, Peruvian communities have been coping with GLOFs since the 1940s. The history of glacial risk reduction in the Andes reveals lessons about what wo
Nepal tallies the cost of its disaster (opens the original)
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Rebuilding after the Trisuli Valley flood will cost Nepal $4.7 billion, according to a Rapid Damage and Needs Assessment published by the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority (NDRRMA). As expected, hydropower suffered the most damage at approximately $1 billion -- much greater than the loss from the 2015 earthquake. The assessment consolidates damages into four sectors, with recommendations for how Nepal should build back in the next six months and in the longer-term. While
Early warning about global warming (opens the original)
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When the village of Blatten was flattened by an ice-rock avalanche last year in Switzerland (pictured above), only one life was lost. The debris flow two weeks ago in Nepal killed thousands. While Nepal’s flooding was unprecedented, cryosphere experts are exploring whether detection and warning systems used in the Alps may be relevant to the Himalaya. Blatten was evacuated after tiny rock movements and slope deformations were detected by interferometric radar prior to the collapse. Precise measu
Headlines on a climate deadline (opens the original)
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In coverage of the catastrophic Bhote Kosi flood, many mainstream western news outlets have failed to confidently state the significance of the climate crisis, or to cite the human-made structures that produce it. Two days after catastrophic flooding began, designers and former Harvard classmates Bhavya Jain and Fatima Hamdani posted a carousel of headlines plucked from mainstream western news outlets on their Instagram. By taking a red pen to each headline in the style of Alexandra Bell’s Count
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