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Aftermath of a landslide near Tatopani, Nepal, triggered by a July 2016 glacial lake outburst flood. Credit: Christoff Andermann

Video of the Both Koshi Valley prior and after the outburst flood, along with the "sound" of the flood! Credit: GFZ Potsdam.

Glacial Lake Outburst Flood Captured in Seismic Recordings

A flood that thundered through eastern Nepal in July 2016 left a telltale seismic signature and caused more erosion than local monsoon rains, new research shows.

Press release: EOS by Katherine Kornei (english), INSU by CNRS (french)


Related publication: Cook, K. L., C. Andermann, F. Gimbert, B. R. Adhikari and N. Hovius (2018), Glacial lake outburst floods as drivers of fluvial erosion in the High Himalaya, Science, 362, 6410, doi:10.1126/science.aat4981.

Rencontres Montagnes et Sciences 2018


TV show advertising the 2018 edition of the "Rencontres Montagnes et Sciences" festival (Nov 9-10 in Grenoble). Crédit: TéléGrenoble

Video of the RESOLVE project campaign conducted in May 2018. Credit: CNRS Images, by Pierre De Pascau

The Argentière Glacier as a Natural Scale Laboratory

Press release: Le Journal du CNRS (french), Le Monde (french)

Massive collapse of two glaciers in western Tibet in 2016 after surge-like instability

In July 2016, a glacier in Tibet—inconspicuous among thousands of others—did something documented on Earth only once before: almost the entire ice mass slipped off its bed, careening at high speed in a mighty avalanche.

Press release: The New York Times (english), Phys.org (english), CNRS INSU (french).

Satellite image showing the aftermath of two avalanches in western Tibet in 2016, when two glaciers on the Aru range collapsed and spread across five miles.