Ashim Sattar
@glacier-hazards.bsky.social
GLOF expert; Disaster Risk Management & Reduction; Multi-hazard EWS; GLOF risk assessment for hydropower; Asst. Prof. at IIT Bhubaneswar; former inspire faculty @ IISc Bangalore; PD @ Uni. of Zurich & Uni. Dayton, USA
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3 octobre 2023: une crue dévaste la vallée de la Teesta (Sikkim) entraînant la disparition de 130 personnes. Une équipe internationale, conduite par Ashim Sattar @glacier-hazards.bsky.social, décrypte dans Science (doi.org/10.1126/scie...) la cascade de phénomènes qui a conduit à cette catastrophe.
The Sikkim flood of October 2023: Drivers, causes and impacts of a multihazard cascade
On 3 October 2023, a multihazard cascade in the Sikkim Himalaya, India, was triggered by 14.7 million m3 of frozen lateral moraine collapsing into South Lhonak Lake, generating an ~20 m tsunami-like i...
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January 31, 2025 at 8:47 AM
3 octobre 2023: une crue dévaste la vallée de la Teesta (Sikkim) entraînant la disparition de 130 personnes. Une équipe internationale, conduite par Ashim Sattar @glacier-hazards.bsky.social, décrypte dans Science (doi.org/10.1126/scie...) la cascade de phénomènes qui a conduit à cette catastrophe.
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This was a huge effort led by @glacier-hazards.bsky.social I am lucky to work w/ folks like @maxvwdv.bsky.social, @topotoolbox.bsky.social , @shahidyounis.bsky.social , @irfansalroo.bsky.social , @kristencook.bsky.social , @etienneberthier.bsky.social , @davepetley.bsky.social and others
January 30, 2025 at 7:13 PM
This was a huge effort led by @glacier-hazards.bsky.social I am lucky to work w/ folks like @maxvwdv.bsky.social, @topotoolbox.bsky.social , @shahidyounis.bsky.social , @irfansalroo.bsky.social , @kristencook.bsky.social , @etienneberthier.bsky.social , @davepetley.bsky.social and others
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Hmm - not sure why my GIFs of @planet.com images aren't animating properly. Here they are as individual scenes.
January 30, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Hmm - not sure why my GIFs of @planet.com images aren't animating properly. Here they are as individual scenes.
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New paper today in @science.org focused on unraveling the chain of events that led to the 2023 Teesta disaster, which resulted in about 130 people either dead or missing in Sikkim, India. Short thread to follow. 🧪⚒️ doi.org/10.1126/scie...
January 30, 2025 at 7:13 PM
New paper today in @science.org focused on unraveling the chain of events that led to the 2023 Teesta disaster, which resulted in about 130 people either dead or missing in Sikkim, India. Short thread to follow. 🧪⚒️ doi.org/10.1126/scie...
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Our new paper in Science (Sattar et al 2025) analyses the causes, process and impacts of the 3-4 October 2023 landslide-triggered GLOF along the Teesta River in Northern India. This was an amazing event - I've provided a summary of the research on the Landslide Blog:- eos.org/thelandslide...
The 3-4 October 2023 Sikkim GLOF
Our new paper in the journal Science analyses the terrible landslide-triggered (GLOF) that struck India late in 2023.
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January 30, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Our new paper in Science (Sattar et al 2025) analyses the causes, process and impacts of the 3-4 October 2023 landslide-triggered GLOF along the Teesta River in Northern India. This was an amazing event - I've provided a summary of the research on the Landslide Blog:- eos.org/thelandslide...
Glad to share our paper published in the journal “Science” titled “The Sikkim flood of October 2023: Drivers, causes and impacts of a multihazard cascade.” www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
January 30, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Glad to share our paper published in the journal “Science” titled “The Sikkim flood of October 2023: Drivers, causes and impacts of a multihazard cascade.” www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...