Advertisement

You are browsing the archive for thulagi GLOF Archives - From a Glacier's Perspective.

November 7, 2016

Thulagi Glacier, Nepal Retreat and GLOF Potential

  Thulagi Glacier change in Landsat images from 1991 and 2016.  Red arrow is 1991 terminus, yellow arrow 2016 terminus and purple arrow increasingly exposed bedrock rib amidst icefall. Written With Prajjwal Panday: @prajjwalpanday Thulagi Glacier terminates in a lake referred to both as Thulagi and Dona Lake. ICIMOD (2011) has identified this as a potential threat for a glacier lake outburst flood (GLOF) and has conducted extensive fieldwork there.  Thulagi Lake …

Read More >>