The tragedy in the mountains of Kabardino-Balkaria, which took the lives of 14 climbers, was caused by the collapse of part of the melted Mizhirga glacier due to regional warming, said Natalia Kondratyeva, head of the glaciology laboratory of the High-Mountain Geophysical Institute, Doctor of Geography. A powerful avalanche in the Chereksky District of Kabardino-Balkaria occurred due to the breakage of part of a melted glacier, RIA Novosti repor…
The tragedy in the mountains of Kabardino-Balkaria, which took the lives of 14 climbers, was caused by the collapse of part of the melted Mizhirga glacier due to regional warming, said Natalia Kondratyeva, head of the glaciology laboratory of the High-Mountain Geophysical Institute, Doctor of Geography. A powerful avalanche in the Chereksky District of Kabardino-Balkaria occurred due to the breakage of part of a melted glacier, RIA Novosti repor…