{
  "id": 5244159,
  "title": "Unstable Tibetan Plateau risks cascading disasters as glacier losses mount in Nepal, China",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/03/unstable-tibetan-plateau-risks-cascading-disasters-as-glacier-losses-5244159",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-09-03T03:56:19.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "South China Morning Post",
    "slug": "south-china-morning-post",
    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/3366180/unstable-tibetan-plateau-risks-cascading-disasters-glacier-losses-mount-nepal-china"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Glaciers on the Tibetan Plateau are likely to become more unstable, which may lead to more collapses and collateral disasters, a senior climate official warns as the death toll from last week’s catastrophic landslide and flood on the China-Nepal border continues to rise. “Over the past 60 years, the glacier area on the Tibetan Plateau has shrunk by around 24 per cent, with around 7,000 small…",
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        "outlet": "Reuters Business via SCMP",
        "title": "Unstable Tibetan Plateau risks cascading disasters as glacier losses mount in Nepal, China",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/03/unstable-tibetan-plateau-risks-cascading-disasters-as-glacier-losses",
        "published": "2026-09-03T03:56:19.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}