Glacial Floods, Forest Rollbacks, and the Fight for Wildlife

Nearly 3,000 people remain missing and at least 700 dead after a glacier-driven flood struck the Nepal-China border. The disaster, triggered by a massive ice-rock avalanche under clear skies, has exposed fatal gaps in global warning systems that monitor rivers, not high-mountain collapses. While rising temperatures likely contributed, scientists warn against blaming climate change as the sole trigger for these complex, deadly events.

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