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28 August 2026

A Melting Glacier in Nepal Was a Time Bomb. There Are More to Come.

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A Melting Glacier in Nepal Was a Time Bomb. There Are More to Come.

A geologist reflects on the disaster and explains why rapid warming will make deadly glacial floods far more common.

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