New Delhi, (PTI) There has been an increase in the occurrence of glacial lake outburst floods (GLOFs) from an average of 1.5 events annually during 1981–1990 to 2.7 during 2011–2020 in the Third Pole region, a study has found.
The Third Pole, which spans the Tibetan Plateau and the surrounding Himalayas, Hindu Kush, and Tianshan Mountain ranges, is extremely vulnerable to the effects of climate change, the researchers said.
The expansion of glacial lakes and the appearance of new ones will likely lead to an increase in the number of GLOFs per year in the future, underscoring the need for developing better analytical methods and datasets to stay one step ahead of potential disasters, they said.
