Chamoli disaster due to ‘rock and ice avalanche’ that transformed into massive ‘debris flow’: Study

While the study stops short of linking the disaster directly to climate change, it says that the increasing frequency of high-mountain slope instabilities can likely be related to ‘observed atmospheric warming and corresponding long-term changes in cryospheric conditions (glaciers, permafrost)’.

from News-Economic Times https://ift.tt/3xbHXLl