A massive rock and ice avalanche caused the 2021 disaster at Chamoli, Indian Himalaya Article Swipe
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Dan H. Shugar
,
Mylène Jacquemart
,
David Shean
,
Shashank Bhushan
,
Kavita Upadhyay
,
Ashim Sattar
,
Wolfgang Schwanghart
,
Sara K. McBride
,
Maximillian Van Wyk de Vries
,
Martin Mergili
,
Adam Emmer
,
César Deschamps‐Berger
,
Morgan McDonnell
,
Rakesh Bhambri
,
Simon Allen
,
Étienne Berthier
,
Jonathan L. Carrivick
,
John J. Clague
,
,
Stuart Dunning
,
Holger Frey
,
Simon Gascoin
,
Umesh K. Haritashya
,
Christian Huggel
,
Andreas Kääb
,
Jeffrey S. Kargel
,
Jeffrey L. Kavanaugh
,
Pascal Lacroix
,
David N. Petley
,
Summer Rupper
,
Mohd Farooq Azam
,
Simon J. Cook
,
A. P. Dimri
,
Martin Eriksson
,
Daniel Farinotti
,
Joel Fiddes
,
Kaushal Raj Gnyawali
,
Stephan Harrison
,
M. Jha
,
Michèle Koppes
,
Amit Kumar
,
Silvan Leinss
,
Ulfat Majeed
,
Suraj Mal
,
Arnab Muhuri
,
Jeannette Noetzli
,
F. Paul
,
Irfan Rashid
,
Kalachand Sain
,
Jakob Steiner
,
Felipe Ugalde
,
C. Scott Watson
,
Matthew Westoby
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· 2021
· Open Access
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· DOI: https://doi.org/10.1126/science.abh4455
· OA: W3172191503
YOU?
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· 2021
· Open Access
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· DOI: https://doi.org/10.1126/science.abh4455
· OA: W3172191503
A deadly cascade A catastrophic landslide in Uttarakhand state in India on February 2021 damaged two hydropower plants, and more than 200 people were killed or are missing. Shugar et al. describe the cascade of events that led to this disaster. A massive rock and ice avalanche roared down a Himalayan valley, turning into a deadly debris flow upstream from the first of the two hydropower plants. The sequence of events highlights the increasing risk in the Himalayas caused by increased warming and development. Science , abh4455, this issue p. 300
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