Enhanced glacial lake activity threatens numerous communities and infrastructure in the Third Pole
Taigang Zhang, Weicai Wang, Baosheng An, Lele Wei · 2023
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Description
Taigang Zhang, Weicai Wang, Baosheng An, and Lele Wei published a hazards study in twenty twenty-three on glacial lake outburst floods. Their region was the Third Pole, the high Asian mountains centered on the Tibetan Plateau. Melting glaciers are swelling lakes that can burst without warning, and earlier risk pictures were scattered and coarse.
Combining sharp satellite images, lake-by-lake flood modeling, and detailed exposure maps, the team found proglacial lakes expanding fastest between twenty eighteen and twenty twenty-two. Outburst floods have grown more frequent since nineteen eighty, especially in southeastern Tibet and near the China-Nepal border. Thousands of buildings, hydropower plants, roads, and bridges sit in potential flood paths, making regional cooperation urgent.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Taigang Zhang, Weicai Wang, Baosheng An, Lele Wei |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2023 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 61 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |