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SCIENCEJun 18 · 02:23 UTCDAWN[email protected] (Jamal Shahid)

Suparco puts 130 glacial lakes on danger watch

Suparco identified 130 potentially dangerous glacial lakes in Pakistan using satellite imagery, sharing risk assessments with disaster management authorities. The analysis highlights climate change's role in accelerating glacial melt and warns of potential glacial lake outburst floods (GLOFs) threatening downstream populations.

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Suparcoorganizationglacial lake outburst floodstopicclimate changetopicNational Disaster Management Authority (NDMA)organizationProvincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA)organizationGilgit-Baltistan Disaster Management Authority (GBDMA)organizationKhyber PakhtunkhwaplaceGilgit-Baltistanplace
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