On August 26, a glacier slope above the Nepal-Tibet border surrendered to forces long in the making — ice thinned by decades of warming, rock weakened by an earthquake a decade prior, and temperatures running hotter than nature alone would allow. The collapse registered as an earthquake and unleashed floods that killed more than 1,400 people, a toll that now carries a scientific verdict: human-induced climate change helped make this catastrophe possible. As Nepal prepares to carry its grief to the United Nations, the disaster poses an ancient question in a modern register — who bears responsib
Climate change 'absolutely' contributed to Nepal-Tibet glacier collapse floods
More than 1,400 people were killed and thousands are missing following the August 26 floods; thousands of houses were destroyed and energy infrastructure damaged.