Event Brief
Gao Rong warns Tibetan Plateau glacier loss may trigger disasters
By The BriefBrief · Sources (40)
Filed: Sep 03, 2026 at 12:11 AM ET
Summary: Gao Rong, deputy director of China’s National Climate Centre, warns that glaciers on the Tibetan Plateau are likely to become more unstable as glacier area shrinks. He links the instability to potential glacier collapses and collateral disasters, as the death toll from a catastrophic China–Nepal border landslide and flood continues to rise.
WHO: Gao Rong, deputy director of China’s National Climate Centre
WHAT: Warns that glacier instability from ongoing glacier loss on the Tibetan Plateau could lead to more collapses and collateral disasters
WHEN: Sep 02, 2026 at 11:56 PM ET
WHERE: China–Nepal border
WHY: The warning is triggered by mounting glacier losses and the continuing death toll from the recent catastrophic landslide and flood on the China–Nepal border.
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