Overview

• Fifteen million people around the world face threats from glacial lake floods caused by melting glaciers due to climate change.
• Glacial lake floods have already displaced and killed people in places like the Himalayan Mountains of Nepal.
• The glacial lakes are becoming increasingly dangerous as glaciers continue to melt from greenhouse gas emissions.
• Scientists are identifying dangerous glacial lakes and working with communities on monitoring and protection strategies.
• Some communities like those in Nepal's Rolwaling Valley face difficult choices about whether to stay or leave in the face of looming flood threats from lakes like Tsho Rolpa.