Chimi Seldon

Working with the community on cryosphere monitoring

Remote-sensing and field validation confirm expansion of Tsho Rolpa glacial lake

Why monitor glacial lakes? Of the 3,624 glacial lakes in the Koshi, Karnali, and Gandaki basins, our

New glacial lake inventory report released, 47 potentially dangerous glacial lakes ranked

A new glacial lake inventory report has identified 47 potentially dangerous glacial lakes (PDGLs) within the ...

Larger glaciers in the Hindu Kush are behaving like glaciers in the Karakorum

Findings from a recent study show that the larger glaciers in the Hindu Kush region of ...

Surge-like instability in the western Kunlun Shan calls for regular glacier monitoring

Glacier surges are often linked to instabilities in temperature and/or precipitation combined with the deformable properties of a glacier. Excessive ...

A flood of evidence

Galongco Lake sits at the foot of an unnamed glacier within the Himalayan mountain range in China, close to its ...

Replenishing Himalayan Springs, a lesson from Sikkim

Mapping and Monitoring Glaciers in the Hindu Kush Himalaya