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Scientists urge cross border monitoring

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Scientists warned the Nepal catastrophe underscored heightened flood and glacier-collapse risks across eight Himalayan countries and urged enhanced cross-border monitoring and cooperation to reduce casualties.

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@levyecon.bsky.social Alumnus Nischal Dhungel writes about poor infrastructure design's impact on flooding in Nepal at
@projectsyndicate.bsky.social
www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/n...
Who Is Responsible for Nepal’s Tragedy?
Nischal Dhungel blames infrastructure projects that treated known environmental hazards as an afterthought.
www.project-syndicate.org
September 18, 2026 at 1:44 PM
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🔥 Hot off the press: 'Experiencing wildfire, understanding risk in mountain regions of Switzerland: a case study of the 2023 Riederhorn wildfire', published open access in Fire Ecology, drawing on Lena Widmer's Masters research. ➡️ link.springer.com/article/10.1... @afe-fireecology.bsky.social
Experiencing wildfire, understanding risk in mountain regions of Switzerland: a case study of the 2023 Riederhorn wildfire - Fire Ecology
Wildfire risk in Switzerland is expected to increase in the future due to a hotter and drier climate and more extreme weather events. This makes community-level preparedness and coping capacity increa...
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September 18, 2026 at 8:33 AM

Reposted by Chris R. Shepherd

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"How ice and rock triggered Nepal's catastrophic flood - and why climate change is raising the risks" @resilience.org via www.resilience.org/stories/2026... #water
How ice and rock triggered Nepal’s catastrophic flood – and why climate change is raising the risks
The catastrophic flood that killed hundreds of people in Nepal in August shows the ways rising temperatures, thawing permafrost and melting ice are increasing the risk of destructive floods in the Him...
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September 17, 2026 at 11:36 PM

Reposted by Mary Jane Curry

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‘No doubt’ of climate change role in deadly China-Nepal flood: scientists

hongkongfp.com/2026/09/17/n...
‘No doubt’ of climate change role in deadly China-Nepal flood: scientists
Climate change was a core factor in last month’s deadly glacial mountain collapse on the China-Nepal border that killed more than 1,400 people and left at least 6,600 missing, scientists said…
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September 17, 2026 at 11:02 PM