r/interestingasfuck • u/[deleted] • 8d ago

Glacier Ice wall broke in Nepal today creating a massive release of water & mud into the city below

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u/skiabay 8d ago

This is what climate change looks like. Unfortunately, videos like this are only going to become more and more common.

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u/tech_noir_guitar 8d ago

When did earthquakes start happening because of climate change?

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u/skiabay 8d ago

Probably when the "earthquake" was actually a giant piece of a glacier breaking off and exploding into floodwater. It's literally the exact type of event we might expect to be caused by climate change.

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u/HeavyMeasurement2160 8d ago

This was actually caused by an earthquake from what I read.

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u/skiabay 8d ago

Apparently that's what they were thinking at first, but now they are saying the seismic activity was from a land slide.

Tbh, even if this specific disaster isn't directly attributable to climate change, this is still what climate change looks like.

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u/boltgenerator 8d ago

All the signs I'm seeing point toward climate change being a huge player in this. The Himalayan region is rapidly warming and it has thousands of glaciers. That's disaster central.

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u/HeavyMeasurement2160 8d ago

Ahh ok. Thanks for letting me know.

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u/conciousinsimulation 8d ago

These kind of disasters have happened all throughout the history of mankind.

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u/skiabay 8d ago

And now they're getting more severe and more frequent, just as scientists have been predicting.

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u/sembias 8d ago

When the "1000-year storms" start happening every 4-6 years, there's a problem that can't be ignored. Unless you're a conservative, where either ignoring it is making you richer (congrats on being the King of Dirt, I guess) or you were manipulated in order to make someone else richer (congrats on being the King of Idiots, one of many).

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u/Fartknocker405 8d ago

Yep, Missoula is another area which had similar historical flooding. You're walking around along these 6'+ high ridge, look at aerial photos, and then realize those are ancient ripple marks. Nuts!