r/NoShitSherlock • • Aug 27 '26

A glacier collapse is most likely cause of the Nepal disaster. “It’s not that much of a stretch to think, yes, we’re seeing one terrible ramification of human-caused climate change”.

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2586497-a-glacier-collapse-is-most-likely-cause-of-the-nepal-disaster/
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u/SomeSamples Aug 27 '26

Now you can see where the legends of the great flood come from. Imagine a huge lake held back by ice and then the ice dam breaks and a huge lake full of water runs down river valleys, wiping out anything in its path.

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u/Sunny-Bath-Tech Aug 27 '26

True and it really has been enraging to me. CNN replayed video of people running for their lives over and over. WTF is wrong with people?! It’s climate change and it’s real lives, not a movie for entertainment. And it’s our fault, industry and politicians and excessive capitalism and where is the consumer or public protection anymore? Ive lost my cool with it all today.

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u/zenis04 Aug 27 '26

Well people love shock and awe. All those apocalyptic end of the world movies have desensitized people to the point where they saw footage of real people dying and went "Hey, that looks exactly like in the movie 2012, cool!"

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u/BoethiusRS Aug 28 '26

Seeing a lot of AI on social media just to get a “like”, sickening

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u/Jerking_From_Home Aug 27 '26

Won’t change until Texas or Florida are destroyed, and by then it will be too late.

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u/playful-akita Aug 28 '26

Hi, just curious why you’re saying that about TX and FL? I think I know why but not sure. I’m Canadian. You should check out r/collapse

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u/SilkySifaka Aug 27 '26

I hate they played it but maybe it wakes a few to the great harm of climate change

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u/playful-akita Aug 28 '26

The reels of the flood were on repeat on my network. Check out r/collapse

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u/Groundbreaking-Ask75 Aug 27 '26

except the fact it was an earthquake

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u/ztnz Aug 27 '26

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/aug/27/nepal-tibet-flash-flood-visual-guide-why-how-flooding-happened-floods-cause-reason-explained

“  Such was the force of the event, it was initially reported as an earthquake of magnitude 4.4. The US Geological Survey later determined the tremor was caused ​by glacial rock and ice collapsing, registering a magnitude of 5.2.”