The Nepal Disaster: How Climate Change is Reshaping the World
About this episode
The episode discusses the devastating climate disaster in Nepal and the implications of climate change on glaciers and global warming.
Episode 396 A devastating climate disaster has killed at least 1,200 people in Nepal. A mass of ice and rock came crashing down off the Langtang mountain into the valley below. The climate crisis has made events like this much more likely. This is just one of many retreating glaciers. We’re also on track for a record year of ice-loss in the European alps. As the world is reshaped before our eyes, what does this mean for the planet - and the 1.9 billion people who live downstream of glacier ice mountains? This all comes as experts predict this year’s Super El Nino event will be the biggest in 1,000 years - plus an admittance from The UN Environment Programme that we will overshoot 1.5 degrees of global warming. To discuss the tragedy in Nepal and the growing concern in the Alps, Rowan Hooper and Penny Sarchet are joined by Professor of Glaciology Bethan Davies and climate journalist Alec Luhn. To read more about these stories, visit https://www.newscientist.com/ Image Credit: The aftermath of severe flooding along the Bhotekoshi river in Nuwakot, Nepal, on 28 August Ambir Tolang/JNA/ZUMA Press/Alamy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
People in this episode
Hosts: Rowan Hooper, Penny Sarchet
Guests: Bethan Davies, Alec Luhn
Topics covered
- climate change
- natural disasters
- glaciers
- environmental impact
- Super El Nino
- global warming
Keywords
- Nepal disaster
- climate crisis
- glacier retreat
- Super El Nino
- global warming
- environmental news
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: The UN Environment Programme
Places: Nepal, Langtang mountain, European alps
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