Science Policy & Research Governance
219 hanging glaciers in the Alaknanda basin raise avalanche risk, IISc and IIT Bhubaneswar warn
- Organisation
- IISc Bengaluru, IIT Bhubaneswar
- Source
- Nature India, published
- On SHODHX
· Approved by Sameer Gupta
The first basin-scale inventory found about a third of 2.39 km² of hanging ice is unstable; simulated avalanches could exceed 50 m flow height in the Badrinath–Mana sector.
Why this matters for Indian researchers
With tourism and hydropower expanding in the upper Ganga basin, the study gives planners concrete hazard maps for building and early-warning decisions.
Original report by Nature India, .
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