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The Nepal/Tibet flash flood is terrifying. Not just because the Hindu Kush & Himalayas hold 54,000 glaciers, the most outside polar regions; but because this region is the most concentrated populated area anywhere in the world. If climate change is a threat anywhere, it is here.

26/8/26, 9:17 pm12 reposts31 likes

RollendeRechter

@rollenderechter.bsky.social

26 Aug

All this ^^ plus: This was just a 'small event'.

Praṇay Manocha

@pranman.com

26 Aug

This is a good overview of the specific risk to the Himalayas and why it is like nowhere else on the planet.

hir.harvard.eduThe Himalayan Climate Change: Global Warming in the Globe's Highest Region, with Dr. Pasang Sherpa"Care and humanity are going to be the most important things moving forward. That is what keeps me optimistic. Each of us will have to do our part."