Video Library
This video library provides a comprehensive collection of videos and materials focused on the phenomenon of glacial lake outburst floods (GLOFs). This resource is designed to share scientific insights, case studies, and practical approaches to the prevention and mitigation of GLOF-related risks. The emphasis lies on enhancing the understanding of these complex natural events while supporting professionals, researchers, and stakeholders in analyzing and developing strategies to address the challenges they pose.
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Abstract:
As the climate changes and glaciers melt, a lesser-known threat lurks in alpine areas: glacial lake outburst floods. These events happen rapidly, releasing huge amounts of water with little or no warning. Unsuspecting communities lying in the flood path can suffer serious losses. Researchers seek better ways to predict these outburst floods and mitigate their danger. Take a hike through the Swiss Alps with glaciologist Fabian Walter to learn about this phenomenon and our ongoing efforts to understand it.
Region : Swiss Alps
Date: 15.01.2020
Contributor: Alfred Diebold
Producer: Scientific American
Publisher: Scientific American
Topics: glacial lake
Abstract:
This is how the GlacialLake Water Outburst Started In Hunza
Region : Hunza
Date: 30.05.2020
Contributor: Alfred Diebold
Producer: Hunza Online
Publisher: Hunza Online
Topics: Hunza Outburst
Abstract:
This is a very rare thing at a local backyard glacier – a large lake of icy water formed on or under the glacier, then melted through the ice and poured into the lake down below, flooding the lake and sending the river into a rage. there are a few other glaciers around here where this happens every single year. but it’s news for us.
Region : Alaska
Date: 17.12.2013
Contributor: Alfred Diebold
Producer: Disillusioned
Publisher: Disillusioned
Topics: Outburst
Abstract:
A glacial lake outburst flood, or GLOF, is sudden release of water from a lake fed by glacier melt that has formed at the side, in front, within, beneath or on the surface of a glacier. It can be impounded by moraine complexes, glacial ice or even bedrock and, as a result of breaching, slope failure, overtopping or other failure mechanisms, can lead to catastrophic phenomena in the high mountains that threaten people’s lives, livelihoods and regional infrastructure
Date: 24.07.2019
Contributor: Alfred Diebold
Producer: ICIMOD
Publisher: ICIMOD
Topics: Glacial Lake
Abstract:
GLOF can be impounded by moraine complexes, glacial ice or even bedrock and, as a result of breaching, slope failure, overtopping or other failure mechanisms, lead to catastrophic phenomena in the high mountains that threaten people’s lives, livelihoods and regional infrastructure.
Date: 22.12.2020
Contributor: Alfred Diebold
Producer: Examrace
Publisher: Examrace
Topics: GLOF
Abstract:
Glacier outburst flood from Lhotse Glacier in June 2016
Region : Nepal
Date: 30.05.2018
Contributor: Alfred Diebold
Producer: Morgan Philips
Publisher: Morgan Philips
Topics: Glacial Outburst flood
Abstract:
A Glacier Lake Outburst Flood (GLOF) in Pokhara, Nepal (Full HD Video)
Region : Nepal
Date: 06.05.2012
Contributor: Alfred Diebold
Producer: Amrit Banstola
Publisher: Amrti Banstola
Topics: GLOF
Abstract:
As the climate changes and glaciers melt, a lesser-known threat lurks in mountain areas: glacial lake outburst floods. These events happen rapidly, releasing huge amounts of water with little or no warning. Unsuspecting communities lying in the flood path can suffer serious losses.
Region : Hunza
Date: 29.05.2020
Contributor: Alfred Diebold
Producer: Hunza Online
Publisher: Hunza Online
Topics: Outburst Flood
Abstract:
Suicide Basin is a side basin of the Mendenhall Glacier above Juneau, Alaska. Since 2011, Suicide Basin has released glacier lake outburst floods that cause inundation along Mendenhall Lake and Mendenhall River.
Region : Alaska
Date: 20.08.2020
Contributor: Alfred Diebold
Producer: International Arctic Research Center
Publisher: International Arctic Research Center
Topics: Glacial Lake
Abstract:
Pine Island Massive Glacier Burst . Fury of Nature .
Region : Pine Island
Date: 30.07.2017
Contributor: Alfred Diebold
Producer: Wow Videos
Publisher: Wow Videos
Topics: Glacier Burst
Abstract:
The first wave of a flash flood in wadi Aug near Jerusalem
Region : Jerusalem
Date: 11.12.2013
Contributor: Alfred Diebold
Topics: Flash Flood
Abstract:
A new video shows the exact moment a dam collapsed in Brazil. The dam breached on January 25, 2019. At least 115 people were killed in the tragedy, and 248 are still missing. It unleashed a destructive torrent of reddish-brown mining waste.
Region : Brazil
Date: 06.02.2019
Contributor: Alfred Diebold
Producer: The Hindu
Publisher: The Hindu
Topics: Dam Breach
Abstract:
Scientists at Los Alamos National Laboratory and collaborators are uncovering the mystery of how, where and when a glacial feature called a moulin can form on the Greenland Ice Sheet. Moulins, drain-like holes that form in glaciers, funnel meltwater from the ice surface to the ground beneath, and they are the alarmingly efficient conduits that allow surface water to reach deep and drive the ice to flow faster.
Region : Greenland
Date: 16.01.2018
Contributor: Alfred Diebold
Producer: Los Alamos National Lab
Publisher: Los Alamos National Lab
Topics: Moulins
Abstract:
A glacial lake outburst flood (GLOF) is a type of outburst flood caused by the failure of a dam containing a glacial lake. An event similar to a GLOF, where a body of water contained by a glacier melts or overflows the glacier, is called a jökulhlaup. The dam can consist of glacier ice or a terminal moraine. Failure can happen due to erosion, a buildup of water pressure, an avalanche of rock or heavy snow, an earthquake or cryoseism, volcanic eruptions under the ice, or massive displacement of water in a glacial lake when a large portion of an adjacent glacier collapses into it.
Date: 07.02.2021
Contributor: Alfred Diebold
Producer: Study IQ Education
Publisher: Study IQ Education
Topics: GLOF
Abstract:
We propose a system with a mesh of multiple applications that would help reduce risks and vulnerabilities caused from Glacial Lake Outburst Floods in Northern Pakistan, where more than 3044 lakes of different types have been identified, out of which about 30 are considered threatening.
Region : Pakistan
Date: 29.04.2016
Contributor: Alfred Diebold
Producer: RaheQamar
Publisher: RaheQamar
Topics: GLOF
Abstract:
In October 1994, a Glacial Lake Outburst Flood (GLOF) occurred in the Himalayan country of Bhutan, causing significant damages and loss of life. GLOF events are particularly hazardous in Bhutan because so many of Bhutan’s people live in the bottoms of the narrow valleys that run down from the high mountains. Increasing global temperatures have increased the rate of glacial melting in Bhutan and elsewhere, increasing the frequency and severity of GLOF events.
Region : Bhutan
Date: 13.10.2018
Contributor: Alfred Diebold
Producer: Chris Norcross
Publisher: Chris Norcross
Topics: GLOF
Abstract:
Catalina Lake on Renland is the source of very large glacier lake outburst floods every one to two decades.
Region : Greenland
Date: 20.08.2017
Contributor: Alfred Diebold
Producer: Aslak Grinsted
Publisher: Aslak Grinsted
Topics: Flood Outburst
Abstract:
This movie shows a physics-based computer simulation of the Great Flood from Glacial Lake Missoula about 15,000 years ago. At the time, an ice dam blocked the Clark Fork River near the Idaho-Montana border and backed up a lake about equal in volume to Lake Huron. When the ice dam broke a cataclysmic flood scoured much of central Washington State leaving a vast region covered with erosional remnants.
Region : Montana, USA
Date: 29.05.2012
Contributor: Alfred Diebold
Producer: ingomar200
Publisher: ingomar200
Topics: Glacial Lake
Abstract: Located at an altitude of 5,010 metres in Solukhumbu district, Imja covers an area of 1.28 sq. km, at a depth of 148.9 meters, and holds 75.2 million cubic meters of water—the overflow of which poses a serious threat to people living downstream. The Community-Based Flood and Glacial Lake Outburst Risk Reduction Project (CFGORRP)–a joint undertaking of UNDP, the Government of Nepal and the Global Environment Facility (GEF)–along with the Army, intervened to lower the water level in Imja Lake by 3.4 metres. This helped to minimize the risk of outburst, rendering more than 87,000 people safer in downstream communities.
Region : Nepal
Date: 09.11.2017
Contributor: Obidjon Kodirov
Producer: UNDPNEPAL
Publisher: UNDPNEPAL
Topics: risk mitigation
Abstract:
A short video about a scientific expedition to the rapidly growing and potentially dangerous Imja lake, lead by Alton Byers of the Mountain Institute and involving specialists from 13 different countries.
Region : Nepal
Length: 07:39
Date: 22.11.2011
Contributor: Obidjon Kodirov
Producer: Daniel Byers
Publisher: Daniel Byers
Topics: Imja lake
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This is what a glacial lake outburst flood looks like | 04:08 | Scientific American | Scientific American | glacial lake outburst | |
This is what a glacial lake outburst flood looks like
Abstract: As the climate changes and glaciers melt, a lesser-known threat lurks in alpine areas: glacial lake outburst floods. These events happen rapidly, releasing huge amounts of water with little or no warning. Unsuspecting communities lying in the flood path can suffer serious losses.
Researchers seek better ways to predict these outburst floods and mitigate their danger. Take a hike through the Swiss Alps with glaciologist Fabian Walter to learn about this phenomenon and our ongoing efforts to understand it. Region : Swiss Alps Length: 04:08 Date: 15.01.2020 Contributor: Alfred Diebold Producer: Scientific American Publisher: Scientific American Link: Click Here Keywords: glacial lake outburst Topics: glacial lake |
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Exclusive Footage Glacial Lake Outburst Flood (GLOF) | Hunza | 03:51 | Hunza Online | Hunza Online | Glacial Lake | |
Exclusive Footage Glacial Lake Outburst Flood (GLOF) | Hunza
Abstract: This is how the GlacialLake Water Outburst Started In Hunza Region : Hunza Length: 03:51 Date: 30.05.2020 Contributor: Alfred Diebold Producer: Hunza Online Publisher: Hunza Online Link: Click Here Keywords: Glacial Lake Topics: Hunza Outburst |
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Glacial Lake outburst flood | 05:22 | Disillusioned | Disillusioned | Backyard glacier | |
Glacial Lake outburst flood
Abstract: This is a very rare thing at a local backyard glacier - a large lake of icy water formed on or under the glacier, then melted through the ice and poured into the lake down below, flooding the lake and sending the river into a rage. there are a few other glaciers around here where this happens every single year. but it's news for us. Region : Alaska Length: 05:22 Date: 17.12.2013 Contributor: Alfred Diebold Producer: Disillusioned Publisher: Disillusioned Link: Click Here Keywords: Backyard glacier Topics: Outburst |
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Glacial lake outburst flood | 00:20 | ICIMOD | ICIMOD | Outburst Flood | |
Glacial lake outburst flood
Abstract: A glacial lake outburst flood, or GLOF, is sudden release of water from a lake fed by glacier melt that has formed at the side, in front, within, beneath or on the surface of a glacier. It can be impounded by moraine complexes, glacial ice or even bedrock and, as a result of breaching, slope failure, overtopping or other failure mechanisms, can lead to catastrophic phenomena in the high mountains that threaten people’s lives, livelihoods and regional infrastructure Length: 00:20 Date: 24.07.2019 Contributor: Alfred Diebold Producer: ICIMOD Publisher: ICIMOD Link: Click Here Keywords: Outburst Flood Topics: Glacial Lake |
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Glacial Lake Outburst Floods (GLOF): Causes and Impacts | Physical Geography | Environment | 04:50 | Examrace | Examrace | GLOF | |
Glacial Lake Outburst Floods (GLOF): Causes and Impacts | Physical Geography | Environment
Abstract: GLOF can be impounded by moraine complexes, glacial ice or even bedrock and, as a result of breaching, slope failure, overtopping or other failure mechanisms, lead to catastrophic phenomena in the high mountains that threaten people’s lives, livelihoods and regional infrastructure. Length: 04:50 Date: 22.12.2020 Contributor: Alfred Diebold Producer: Examrace Publisher: Examrace Link: Click Here Keywords: GLOF Topics: GLOF |
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Glacier Lake Outburst Flood | 02:16 | Lyrics KS | Lyrics KS | GLOF | |
Glacier Lake Outburst Flood
Abstract: (GLOF) reaches a dam and destroyed it in seconds in Uttarakhand India Region : India Length: 02:16 Date: 07.02.2021 Contributor: Alfred Diebold Producer: Lyrics KS Publisher: Lyrics KS Link: Click Here Keywords: GLOF Topics: GLOF |
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Glacier outburst flood from Lhotse glacier, Nepal, June 2016 | 02:12 | Morgan Philips | Morgan Philips | Glacial Outburst Flood | |
Glacier outburst flood from Lhotse glacier, Nepal, June 2016
Abstract: Glacier outburst flood from Lhotse Glacier in June 2016 Region : Nepal Length: 02:12 Date: 30.05.2018 Contributor: Alfred Diebold Producer: Morgan Philips Publisher: Morgan Philips Link: Click Here Keywords: Glacial Outburst Flood Topics: Glacial Outburst flood |
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A Glacier Lake Outburst Flood (GLOF) in Pokhara, Nepal (Full HD Video) | 07:15 | Amrit Banstola | Amrti Banstola | GLOF | |
A Glacier Lake Outburst Flood (GLOF) in Pokhara, Nepal (Full HD Video)
Abstract: A Glacier Lake Outburst Flood (GLOF) in Pokhara, Nepal (Full HD Video)
Region : Nepal Length: 07:15 Date: 06.05.2012 Contributor: Alfred Diebold Producer: Amrit Banstola Publisher: Amrti Banstola Link: Click Here Keywords: GLOF Topics: GLOF |
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Glacial Lake Outburst Floods |Hunza | 01:44 | Hunza Online | Hunza Online | Outburst Flood | |
Glacial Lake Outburst Floods |Hunza
Abstract: As the climate changes and glaciers melt, a lesser-known threat lurks in mountain areas: glacial lake outburst floods. These events happen rapidly, releasing huge amounts of water with little or no warning. Unsuspecting communities lying in the flood path can suffer serious losses. Region : Hunza Length: 01:44 Date: 29.05.2020 Contributor: Alfred Diebold Producer: Hunza Online Publisher: Hunza Online Link: Click Here Keywords: Outburst Flood Topics: Outburst Flood |
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Glacial Lake Research: The Suicide Basin Outburst Flood | 04:33 | International Arctic Research Center | International Arctic Research Center | Suicide Bacin | |
Glacial Lake Research: The Suicide Basin Outburst Flood
Abstract: Suicide Basin is a side basin of the Mendenhall Glacier above Juneau, Alaska. Since 2011, Suicide Basin has released glacier lake outburst floods that cause inundation along Mendenhall Lake and Mendenhall River. Region : Alaska Length: 04:33 Date: 20.08.2020 Contributor: Alfred Diebold Producer: International Arctic Research Center Publisher: International Arctic Research Center Link: Click Here Keywords: Suicide Bacin Topics: Glacial Lake |
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Climate 101: Glaciers | National Geographic | 04:06 | National Geographic | National Geographic | Klimawandel | |
Climate 101: Glaciers | National Geographic
Abstract: Klimawandel, auch Klimaveränderung, Klimaänderung oder Klimawechsel, ist eine weltweit auftretende Veränderung des Klimas auf der Erde oder erdähnlichen Planeten/Monden, die eine Atmosphäre besitzen. Die mit einem Klimawandel verbundene Abkühlung oder Erwärmung kann über unterschiedlich lange Zeiträume erfolgen. Length: 04:06 Date: 11.12.2017 Contributor: Alfred Diebold Producer: National Geographic Publisher: National Geographic Keywords: Klimawandel Topics: Glaciers |
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Pine Island Massive Glacier Burst | 01:48 | Wow Videos | Wow Videos | Pine Island | |
Pine Island Massive Glacier Burst
Abstract: Pine Island Massive Glacier Burst . Fury of Nature . Region : Pine Island Length: 01:48 Date: 30.07.2017 Contributor: Alfred Diebold Producer: Wow Videos Publisher: Wow Videos Link: Click Here Keywords: Pine Island Topics: Glacier Burst |
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Flash Flood First Wave | 02:36 | First wave | |||
Flash Flood First Wave
Abstract: The first wave of a flash flood in wadi Aug near Jerusalem Region : Jerusalem Length: 02:36 Date: 11.12.2013 Contributor: Alfred Diebold Link: Click Here Keywords: First wave Topics: Flash Flood |
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Video shows exact moment Brazil dam collapsed | 01:51 | The Hindu | The Hindu | Dam | |
Video shows exact moment Brazil dam collapsed
Abstract: A new video shows the exact moment a dam collapsed in Brazil.
The dam breached on January 25, 2019. At least 115 people were killed in the tragedy, and 248 are still missing.
It unleashed a destructive torrent of reddish-brown mining waste. Region : Brazil Length: 01:51 Date: 06.02.2019 Contributor: Alfred Diebold Producer: The Hindu Publisher: The Hindu Link: Click Here Keywords: Dam Topics: Dam Breach |
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flood in uttrakhand || glacier lake outburst | 02:27 | Trending | Trending | Outburst | |
flood in uttrakhand || glacier lake outburst
Abstract: Massive Outburst of a glacier lake in Uttrakhand, India Region : India Length: 02:27 Date: 05.03.2021 Contributor: Alfred Diebold Producer: Trending Publisher: Trending Link: Click Here Keywords: Outburst Topics: Flood |
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Glacial moulin formation triggered by rapid lake drainage | 2,59 | Los Alamos National Lab | Los Alamos National Lab | Glacial Moulin | |
Glacial moulin formation triggered by rapid lake drainage
Abstract: Scientists at Los Alamos National Laboratory and collaborators are uncovering the mystery of how, where and when a glacial feature called a moulin can form on the Greenland Ice Sheet. Moulins, drain-like holes that form in glaciers, funnel meltwater from the ice surface to the ground beneath, and they are the alarmingly efficient conduits that allow surface water to reach deep and drive the ice to flow faster.
Region : Greenland Length: 2,59 Date: 16.01.2018 Contributor: Alfred Diebold Producer: Los Alamos National Lab Publisher: Los Alamos National Lab Link: Click Here Keywords: Glacial Moulin Topics: Moulins |
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What is Glacial Lake Outburst Flood? How and why a glacier breaks? #UPSC #IAS | 16:29 | Study IQ Education | Study IQ Education | Glacier, Outburst | |
What is Glacial Lake Outburst Flood? How and why a glacier breaks? #UPSC #IAS
Abstract: A glacial lake outburst flood (GLOF) is a type of outburst flood caused by the failure of a dam containing a glacial lake. An event similar to a GLOF, where a body of water contained by a glacier melts or overflows the glacier, is called a jökulhlaup. The dam can consist of glacier ice or a terminal moraine. Failure can happen due to erosion, a buildup of water pressure, an avalanche of rock or heavy snow, an earthquake or cryoseism, volcanic eruptions under the ice, or massive displacement of water in a glacial lake when a large portion of an adjacent glacier collapses into it. Length: 16:29 Date: 07.02.2021 Contributor: Alfred Diebold Producer: Study IQ Education Publisher: Study IQ Education Link: Click Here Keywords: Glacier, Outburst Topics: GLOF |
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Glacier Lake Outburst Floods - Pakistan | 00:29 | RaheQamar | RaheQamar | Glacial lake outburst | |
Glacier Lake Outburst Floods - Pakistan
Abstract: We propose a system with a mesh of multiple applications that would help reduce risks and vulnerabilities caused from Glacial Lake Outburst Floods in Northern Pakistan, where more than 3044 lakes of different types have been identified, out of which about 30 are considered threatening. Region : Pakistan Length: 00:29 Date: 29.04.2016 Contributor: Alfred Diebold Producer: RaheQamar Publisher: RaheQamar Link: Click Here Keywords: Glacial lake outburst Topics: GLOF |
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Bhutan Glacial Lake Outburst Flood 1994 | 02:57 | Chris Norcross | Chris Norcross | GLOF | |
Bhutan Glacial Lake Outburst Flood 1994
Abstract: In October 1994, a Glacial Lake Outburst Flood (GLOF) occurred in the Himalayan country of Bhutan, causing significant damages and loss of life. GLOF events are particularly hazardous in Bhutan because so many of Bhutan's people live in the bottoms of the narrow valleys that run down from the high mountains. Increasing global temperatures have increased the rate of glacial melting in Bhutan and elsewhere, increasing the frequency and severity of GLOF events. Region : Bhutan Length: 02:57 Date: 13.10.2018 Contributor: Alfred Diebold Producer: Chris Norcross Publisher: Chris Norcross Link: Click Here Keywords: GLOF Topics: GLOF |
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Absolutely gigantic outburst floods from Catalina lake | 01:48 | Aslak Grinsted | Aslak Grinsted | Catalina Lake | |
Absolutely gigantic outburst floods from Catalina lake
Abstract: Catalina Lake on Renland is the source of very large glacier lake outburst floods every one to two decades. Region : Greenland Length: 01:48 Date: 20.08.2017 Contributor: Alfred Diebold Producer: Aslak Grinsted Publisher: Aslak Grinsted Link: Click Here Keywords: Catalina Lake Topics: Flood Outburst |
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Glacial Lake Missoula Flood | 04:02 | ingomar200 | ingomar200 | Glacial lake outburst | |
Glacial Lake Missoula Flood
Abstract: This movie shows a physics-based computer simulation of the Great Flood from Glacial Lake
Missoula about 15,000 years ago. At the time, an ice dam blocked the Clark Fork River near the Idaho-Montana border and backed up a lake about equal in volume to Lake Huron. When the ice dam broke a cataclysmic flood scoured much of central Washington State leaving a vast region covered with erosional remnants. Region : Montana, USA Length: 04:02 Date: 29.05.2012 Contributor: Alfred Diebold Producer:
ingomar200 Publisher:
ingomar200 Link: Click Here Keywords: Glacial lake outburst Topics: Glacial Lake |
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GLOF risk mitigation at Imja Lake | 29:02:00 | UNDPNEPAL | UNDPNEPAL | glacial lake outburst | |
GLOF risk mitigation at Imja Lake
Abstract: Located at an altitude of 5,010 metres in Solukhumbu district, Imja covers an area of 1.28 sq. km, at a depth of 148.9 meters, and holds 75.2 million cubic meters of water—the overflow of which poses a serious threat to people living downstream.
The Community-Based Flood and Glacial Lake Outburst Risk Reduction Project (CFGORRP)--a joint undertaking of UNDP, the Government of Nepal and the Global Environment Facility (GEF)--along with the Army, intervened to lower the water level in Imja Lake by 3.4 metres. This helped to minimize the risk of outburst, rendering more than 87,000 people safer in downstream communities. Region : Nepal Length: 29:02:00 Date: 09.11.2017 Contributor: Obidjon Kodirov Producer: UNDPNEPAL Publisher: UNDPNEPAL Link: Click Here Keywords: glacial lake outburst Topics: risk mitigation |
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Expedition to Imja Lake! | 07:39 | Daniel Byers | Daniel Byers | glacial lake outburst | |
Expedition to Imja Lake!
Abstract: A short video about a scientific expedition to the rapidly growing and potentially dangerous Imja lake, lead by Alton Byers of the Mountain Institute and involving specialists from 13 different countries. Region : Nepal Length: 07:39 Date: 22.11.2011 Contributor: Obidjon Kodirov Producer: Daniel Byers Publisher: Daniel Byers Link: Click Here Keywords: glacial lake outburst Topics: Imja lake |