Climate Change Blamed for Himalayan Glacier Failure

According to the consulted experts, the root cause of the August 26 glacier breach lies in accelerating climate change. Continuous carbon emissions are hastening the melt of Himalayan glaciers, turning the region into a "third pole" of heightened disaster risk. The experts warned that without swift reductions in greenhouse gases, similar catastrophic floods could become more frequent across the mountains that feed both Nepal and China.