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Melting ice triggers Himalayan flood warning

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Melting glaciers high in the Himalayan mountains are creating unstable lakes that threaten to burst their banks, endangering the lives of tens of thousands of people, according to a United Nations report.

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McDowell, N. Melting ice triggers Himalayan flood warning. Nature 416, 776 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1038/416776a

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