The icy silence of the Western Cwm glaciers of Mount Everest will be broken this summer by the sound of battery-operated drills for boreholes as part of a new experiment to determine why glaciers are losing their cool. A team of researchers, including an Indian glaciologist, plans to push the frontiers of glacier science by […]
  • A research team is drilling boreholes in Mount Everest’s Western Cwm to measure glacier temperatures and understand why Himalayan glaciers are warming and melting faster than expected.
  • Data from the glacier could transform predictions of glacial retreat and future water supply across the Himalayan region.
  • Findings from this deep-glacier monitoring effort could improve climate modelling and glacial melt forecasts, offering critical insights during a time of rapidly retreating glaciers and global freshwater stress.

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