Experts warn that global heating is exacerbating inherent dangers of high altitude mountaineering
Avalanches in the Himalayas are causing an increasing number of deaths and threatening the safety of climbers, research suggests.
While high-altitude mountaineering comes with an inherent avalanche risk, global heating is exacerbating the danger during the climbing season in the Himalayan mountain range, experts warn.
Written by Neelima Vallangi
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/sep/01/himalayan-avalanches-increasing-risk-climbers-warming-climate under the title “Himalayan avalanches are increasing risk for climbers in warming climate”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
