glacier

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In 1985, Nepal’s Dig Tsho lake, in the Everest region, burst after part of a hanging glacier fell into it, destroying houses and infrastructure below.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

Over the next six decades, as the glacier retreated, the wedge expanded into a long finger, and the size of the lake grew twelvefold.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

Gerhard Lieb, who runs the glacier monitoring service with Andreas Kellerer-Pirklbauer, said the weather conditions in recent years had been "extremely unfavourable for glaciers".

From BBC • Mar. 13, 2026

"If we only had one image every three months, we might not be able to tell you that the glacier lost two and a half kilometers in two days," Ochwat said.

From Science Daily • Feb. 26, 2026

Then the ice of the glacier fell into the crater.

From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone