Help, the glaciers are melting!
Rescue operation, February 7, 2021, in the village of Reni (India, province of Uttarakhand).
The rupture of part of a glacier in the Himalayas caused spectacular flooding in northern India.
© AFP
By: Anne-Cécile Bras Follow
1 min
On February 7, 2021, a glacial lake suddenly spilled into northern India claiming dozens of victims.
Will this kind of disaster multiply?
The approximately 200,000 glaciers spread across our planet are melting at an astounding rate.
The consequences are and will be colossal: lack of fresh water for irrigation and domestic use, disappearance of animals and plants that depend on it, end of mountain recreation and rise in sea level!
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Guest: Patrick Wagnon
, glaciologist at the
Grenoble
Institute of Environmental Geosciences
.
Report on the melting of glaciers in the Alps by
Clémentine Méténier.
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