High in the mountains where Nepal meets Tibet, a mass of rock and ice gave way this week, sending a torrent of debris 60 kilometres through river valleys and erasing at least 600 lives, with 2,500 more still unaccounted for. The disaster is a stark reminder that the planet's high places — long frozen and seemingly immovable — are quietly destabilising as the climate warms, making the ground beneath ancient communities less trustworthy than it has been for centuries. Scientists are still puzzling over the sheer volume of water the collapse produced, a mystery that speaks to how much remains unk
Scientists probe why Nepal floods generated 'remarkable' water volumes
At least 600 people killed and approximately 2,500 missing in the Nepal-China border flash floods, including five New Zealanders.