02/09/2023
An important new study shows how global heating is exacerbating the danger of avalanches during the climbing season in the .
Scientists, including Himalayan Universities Consortium fellow Jakob Steiner, say shifts in patterns and supercharged storm systems are disrupting the once predictable climbing season, with the fast-warming unleashing of greater frequency and ferocity.
These are ‘’causing excessive snowfall and even causing loss of lives,” says ICIMOD scientist Arun Bhakta Shrestha.
Steiner says the study was conducted in order to build a clearer picture of the exact link between and the increase in fatalities.
The hydrologist said, “There are so many other things happening, so it is difficult to say it is just . But its footprint can be seen.
‘’We are doing this work because we eventually want to do the attribution work,” he told Neelima Vallangi for The Guardian.
Read the full article here 👉https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/sep/01/himalayan-avalanches-increasing-risk-climbers-warming-climate
