Anna Colom

Today is the World Day of Glaciers. It is almost 15 years since I made this documentary in the Everest region to film the Imja lake and document the risk posed by the melting of glaciers like Imja. The film was commissioned by Minority Rights Group

www.vimeo.com/16252004

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Imja lake was drained in 2016 to avoid the risk of outburst flash floods, but scientists have found many new smaller lakes have formed due to the ongoing melting of the glaciers. Last summer, another glacial lake burst and washed away the village of Thame: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c785nwq568zo #climatechange
Everest's Sherpas fear their homeland is at risk of washing away

Climate change is melting glaciers at unprecedented rates - and putting thousands in Nepal at risk.