https://countryofnature.video/videos/watch/d0e41c48-53d1-4734-abea-3a1211583d28 "It’s confirmed that a ⁠substantial portion of that glacier snout collapsed to initiate the event - probably including or entraining a fair amount of rock and sediment," said Vikram ​Gupta, who specialises in engineering geology and teaches at India's Sikkim University. Earth scientist Dan Shugar, an associate professor at the University of Calgary, said the ​imagery seemed to show that a large amount of snow had melted in the 24 hours prior to the disaster. Nepal's snow-capped mountains ​had lost close to one-third of their ice in just over 30 years due to global warming, the United Nations said in 2023. The ​agency added that year that glaciers in Nepal, wedged between two major carbon emitters - India and China, melted 65% faster in the last decade than in the previous ‌one. Fri, 11 Sep 2026 06:29:47 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://countryofnature.video https://countryofnature.video/lazy-static/avatars/144f0801-713b-45f5-9fd6-7b0166220c59.png https://countryofnature.video/videos/watch/d0e41c48-53d1-4734-abea-3a1211583d28 All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://countryofnature.video/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.