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In Nepal and Tibet, Pollution on Glaciers Could Fuel More Flood Disasters

NYT - Energy & Environment

By: Hiroko Tabuchi

2 September 2026 at 18:24

Darkened by soot from vehicles and factories, the region’s glaciers are absorbing more heat and melting at dangerous rates.

A meltwater lake on the Ngozumpa Glacier in Nepal in 2025.

A Melting Glacier in Nepal Was a Time Bomb. There Are More to Come.

NYT - Energy & Environment

By: Jason Gulley

28 August 2026 at 22:04

A geologist reflects on the disaster and explains why rapid warming will make deadly glacial floods far more common.

A researcher paddled an inflatable kayak equipped with sonar to measure the depths of a meltwater lake on the Ngozumpa Glacier in Nepal last year.

A Powerful El Niño Is Forming. If History Is a Guide, It Could Hit Hard.

NYT - Energy & Environment

By: Chico Harlan

21 May 2026 at 18:36

The biggest episodes of the past have altered the course of human events, according to researchers. An emerging one is drawing historic comparisons.

An illustration published in 1877 depicted a scene in southern India. Millions died from a famine that coincided with an El Niño that year.