Feb, 2021

Policymakers and experts called for more international cooperation on adaptation to Trans-Himalaya climate change

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Collapsed Glaciers Filling Lakes Increases Third Pole Uncertainties

According to a recent study published in The Cryosphere, the meltwater from ice avalanches has been filling downstream lakes in a way that may cause previously separated lakes to merge within the next decade, thus disrupting the function of ecosystems in the region.

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Pollen Reveals the Link between Terrestrial Plants and the End-Permian Mass Extinction

A recent study, based on the analysis of pollen fossils, has found that the EPME did indeed have a greatly negative impact on terrestrial plants. Nevertheless, this impact was less long-lasting than on sea life.

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Scientific American: When Two Tibetan Glaciers Collapsed, the Whole Landscape Changed

The avalanches, linked to climate change, could alter local ecology and increase flood risks

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