Climate change likely to have helped trigger Nepal glacier collapse, scientists say

Researchers say warming temperatures, thinning glaciers, thawing permafrost and excess meltwater likely created conditions that made the late-August collapse more likely.

Climate change is highly likely to have contributed to the catastrophic glaciercollapse that flooded parts of Nepal and Tibet in late August, killing around1,400 people and ​ leaving thousands still missing, scientists said onThursday.