Study links climate crisis to Nepal‑Tibet glacier collapse that killed 1,300+

We all knew climate change was involved. The Himalayas are warming, permafrost is thawing, glaciers are retreating and mountain slopes are becoming more unstable. www.independent.co.uk/news/himalay...

This is just a tiny slice of a global problem. There is no way to save vast swaths of coastal property that will be swallowed up by now unavoidable #climatechange induced sea-level rise and there's no way to compensate all the owners who will lose property. www.npr.org/2026/09/17/n...

Pretty much what I said in my Guardian article just after the event And there will be plenty more events like this in the decades ahead www.theguardian.com/science/2026...

“Fingerprints of climate change” are clear in devastating Nepal-Tibet floods, first study finds - Scientists say global heating was a destabilising factor in collapse of 200,000 sq metre glacier in August #climatecrisis @wwattribution.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/science/2026...

Analysis by @wwattribution.bsky.social finds global warming fingerprints all over the deadly Nepal mountain and glacier collapse and subsequent flood and debris flow. insideclimatenews.org/news/1609202...

Fossil fuels killed all those people in Nepal. The same fossil fuels that the generative AI industry are seeking to lock in and privilege for another 40 years www.theguardian.com/science/2026...

A catastrophic mountain collapse in Nepal killed at least 1,300 people and sent a torrent of rock, ice and water more than 100 miles downstream. A new attribution study finds human-caused warming helped destabilize the landscape long before the mountain gave way.

First scientific study of Nepal flood disaster says unusually warm conditions before the glacier broke off probably weakened it The glacier collapsed causing catastrophic floods and killing hundreds of people Climate change was, therefore, a key cause www.theguardian.com/science/2026...

Climate crisis likely behind devastating Nepal-Tibet floods that killed more than 1,300, first study finds www.theguardian.com/science/2026...

CLIMATE CRISIS: “Nepal is paying with their lives for a crisis driven by fossil fuel emissions thousands of miles away,” said Otto. Without much faster action to transition to zero fossil fuel emissions we will inevitably see more disasters of this scale.” www.theguardian.com/science/2026...

People may not believe in climate change, but climate change believes it's going to fuck up your beach front houses. www.npr.org/2026/09/17/n...

“Communities in Nepal are paying with their lives for a crisis driven by fossil fuel emissions thousands of miles away,” said Dr Friederike Otto, a climate science professor at Imperial College London, which carried out the study. (Guardian)

Scientists identifying the climate crisis as the key destabilising factor behind the collapse of a 200,000 sq metre glacier in Nepal and Tibet is a terrifying reality check. Vulnerable communities are paying with their lives for fossil fuel emissions. Why delay action? (1/2) 🤔 #FBPE

A new study finds climate change helped set the stage for the deadly Nepal–Tibet flood: warming temperatures, thinning glaciers, & thawing permafrost destabilised an already vulnerable slope, triggering a rock-ice avalanche. Koh Ewe & @tessawong.bsky.social report: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Human-caused global warming thinned glaciers and thawed mountain permafrost, likely helping to destabilize the Himalayan slope that collapsed last month and unleashed catastrophic flooding across Nepal, according to a report.