Climate expert warns of growing glacier hazards

Rescue efforts in Nepal and China were briefly halted on Friday (Aug 28) after a lake formed by a landslide along the border started to overflow. The catastrophic floods on Wednesday, caused by a glacier collapse, have killed at least 538 people in Nepal and five in China's Tibet. Climate change specialist and Hydrominds CEO Arun Bhakta Shrestha warns that a warming climate is making the cryosphere increasingly unstable, with glacier collapses and other flood hazards expected to increase. He tells CNA’s Asia Tonight that such hazards could occur in “new places, in new form” as atmospheric warming continues. Subscribe to our channel here: https://cna.asia/youtubesub Visit our website: https://cna.asia Download our app: https://cna.asia/app Get our editors' picks of stories via chat apps: Telegram: https://cna.asia/telegram WhatsApp: https://cna.asia/whatsapp Follow us on these platforms: https://www.facebook.com/channelnewsasia https://www.instagram.com/channelnewsasia https://www.tiktok.com/@channelnewsasia