A study by research scientists from IIT Jammu highlights how glacial lake outbursts floods (GLOF) are affecting the health of the Himalayas, particularly in the Karakoram range, and why it is concerning.They found that the increased ice thinning of the Mochowar glacier could lead to a different GLOF scenario and trigger cascaded events of GLOFs; therefore, there is a critical need for monitoring and an early warning system in these endangered regions., Opinion News, Times Now
According to a 2020 study by Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology, an autonomous institute under the Ministry of Science and Technology, black carbon concentrations near the Gangotri glacier rises by 400 times in summer due to forest fires and burning of agricultural waste, which can trigger glacial melt because of the light-absorbing nature of black carbon
The Himalayas are inherently vulnerable to heavy rains, flash floods, landslides etc, as these are new mountains which are still growing and are seismically very active.