{"id":121852,"date":"2026-08-31T13:27:37","date_gmt":"2026-08-31T07:57:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=121852"},"modified":"2026-08-31T13:27:37","modified_gmt":"2026-08-31T07:57:37","slug":"hanging-glaciers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/hanging-glaciers\/","title":{"rendered":"Hanging Glaciers"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Hanging Glaciers Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A recent study published in Nature magazine has found that there are as many as 219 hanging glaciers in the Alaknanda basin of the Garhwal Himalayas.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Hanging Glaciers<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hanging glaciers are ice<\/span><b> masses perched on steep slopes<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that can detach and trigger massive avalanches.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Formation<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They occur when a <\/span><b>major valley glacier system retreats and thins<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, leaving the tributary glaciers in smaller valleys high above the shrunken central glacier surface.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If the entire system has melted and disappeared, the empty high valleys are called hanging valleys.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>Impact of Hanging Glaciers<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hanging glaciers pose a significant risk of break-offs.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The break-offs from hanging glaciers <\/span><b>can also trigger secondary hazards<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> such as <a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/glacial-lake-outburst-flood\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>glacial lake outburst floods (GLOFs)<\/strong><\/a>.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Glaciers in high-elevation alpine environments are <\/span><b>highly sensitive to climate variability<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and warming.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This sensitivity is <\/span><b>particularly pronounced in the Himalaya,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> where warming over the past two decades has exceeded the global average, resulting in accelerated glacier retreat.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/explained\/explained-climate\/hanging-glaciers-himalayas-alaknanda-basin-10854849\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">IE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hanging Glaciers  are ice masses perched on steep slopes that can detach and trigger massive avalanches. 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