- Disaster managers and scientists in Sikkim are siphoning out excess water from lake to prevent it from Glacial Lakes Outburst Floods.
- Glacial Lakes Outburst Floods (GLOFs), are a subject of concern in the Sikkim Himalayan region as several lakes have been formed due to melting of scores of glaciers in the region.
- Transporting the pipes to high altitudes poses serious challenges. Yaks are used to carry the pipes and other materials to the lake situated at 17,000 ft.
- Sikkim has installed a Lake monitoring and information System (water level Sensor) at South Lhonak lake. The sensor gives the water level of the lake and also monitored the lake level when there is sudden fluctuation in water level
the balance between the amount of energy received by the earth from the sun and the energy it emits back has changed in the Himalayas in recent years due to human activities
- Retreat of glaciers in the wake of global warming increases the number of glacier lakes and also expand the size of the existing one
- contributing human activities include mass tourism; developmental interventions such as roads and hydropower project
- Black carbon also plays important factor which melts the ice on the mountain due to albe do effect.
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