Kohima, July 28 -- A Nagaland University-led project is developing a detailed and near-accurate inventory and stability assessment of high-altitude lakes in the Sikkim and Arunachal Himalayas.

It will focus on the potential linkages between glacial lake outburst floods (GLOFs), perticularly from Tenbawa Lake and the Holocene climate in Sikkim, as well as assessments of two other glacial lakes in Arunachal Pradesh.

The Researchers intend to identify 'potentially dangerous glacial lakes' using high-resolution data and analyse geomorphology, permafrost and slope instability in the Tawang region of Arunachal Pradesh and in the Lachung basin of North Sikkim under two separate projects.

The risk from sudden lake outbursts will be quantified ...