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Climate change forces Army to rethink Siachen deployment procedures [1]

In February last year, an ice wall collapsed on Sonam post at 21,000 feet on the northern Siachen glacier, burying 10 soldiers of the 19 Madras regiment.

Publication Date: 
21/07/2016
Dinakar Peri [2]
Hindu (New Delhi) [3]
Tags:
Glaciers [4], Himalaya [5], Glacial Melt [6], Climate Impacts [7], Floods [8], Natural Disasters [9], Climate Change [10]

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[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/dinakar-peri
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/hindu-new-delhi
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/glaciers
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/himalaya
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/glacial-melt
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/climate-impacts
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/floods
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/natural-disasters
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/climate-change