Simulations show thousands of lakes in Himalaya Mountains at risk of flooding due to global warming
Tuesday, December 31, 2019 - 10:00
in Earth & Climate
Three researchers with the University of Potsdam report that thousands of natural lakes in the Himalayas are at risk of bursting their moraines due to global warming and causing flooding downriver. In their paper published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Georg Veh, Oliver Korup and Ariane Walz describe simulations they ran on lake models and what they showed.