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A new study analyzing a lake formed by a glacier surge in the Karakoram Mountains has revealed how satellite images can be used to monitor the potential for lake drainage hazards. New research has ...

Siachen Glacier, Ladakh: Situated in the eastern Karakoram Range, the Siachen Glacier is the world's highest battleground and one of the largest glaciers outside the polar regions. Its icy expanse ...

The study, published in the Journal of Glaciology, monitored the evolution of a lake dammed by a surge of the Shisper Glacier, located in the Karakoram mountain range, which extends across the ...

More information: Harold Lovell et al, Multiple phases of ice-dammed lake formation and drainage associated with a surge of Shisper Glacier, western Karakoram, Journal of Glaciology (2024).

Reliance Jio, in collaboration with the Indian Army’s Corps of Signals, has made it possible for troops stationed at the glacier, situated at an altitude of 16,000 feet in the Karakoram Range ...

'This collaboration ensured connectivity at 16,000 feet in the Karakoram range, an area characterised by extreme conditions with temperatures plummeting to -50 degrees Celsius', a spokesperson said.

Advt The Indian Army was pivotal in managing logistics, including airlifting Jio's equipment to Siachen Glacier. This collaboration ensured connectivity at 16,000 feet in the Karakoram range ...