Guwahati, July 30 -- With a growing number of natural disasters in the eastern Himalayas due to climate change amid unsustainable development, the Nagaland University has taken up a significant research project that will help develop a detailed near-accurate inventory and stability assessment of high-altitude lakes in Sikkim and Arunachal Pradesh.
The multidisciplinary project focuses on understanding the Glacial Lake Outburst Flood (GLOF) potential of Tenbawa Lake and its linkages to Holocene Climate variations. The researchers also 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 Lachung basin of...