Comments on: Himalayan Glacier Melt: The Real Problem http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/06/14/himalayan-glacier-melt-the-real-problem/ Tapping experts in climate, geology, oceanography, ecology, sustainable development, global health, energy, food and water, State of the Planet captures stories of how the Earth works and how we can sustainably make our lives better. Fri, 17 May 2013 14:54:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: upmanu lall http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/06/14/himalayan-glacier-melt-the-real-problem/comment-page-1/#comment-2816 upmanu lall Wed, 03 Nov 2010 12:29:50 +0000 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/water/?p=3049#comment-2816 one needs to monitor the slopes along the lakes and along the hillsides for soil moisture = pore pressure. As the slope gets saturated or the pressure increases failure can be induced. One can detect this situation and issue a warning.

Additionally, one can work on draining the glacial lakes to a lower level in a systematic and smooth way. One option I am looking into is the use of a siphon, which would require some energy to prime the siphon but no sustained energy source to drain the lake.

]]> By: hello http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/06/14/himalayan-glacier-melt-the-real-problem/comment-page-1/#comment-2811 hello Wed, 03 Nov 2010 05:07:17 +0000 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/water/?p=3049#comment-2811 what is the solution to this problem

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