UK Telegraph Blames Nepal Floods On ‘Melting Glue’! ‘Changing climate caused ‘glue’ holding slab of ice in place to melt, scientists say’

Telegraph Blame Nepal Floods On “Melting Glue”

By Paul Homewood

First the Mail tried to blame the Nepal floods on global warming-caused moisture in the atmosphere.

Now the Telegraph want you to believe that global warming caused the glue to melt!

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2026/08/27/how-50-acre-chunk-of-glacier-unleashed-destruction-on-nepal/

And that headline? Turns out that these anonymous scientists said nothing of the sort:

Scientists believe the glacier might have been made unstable by warming temperatures that melted permafrost that had held the slab in place like glue.

“Believe” and “might” are very different from saying that something had actually happened.

If you want the unadulterated truth, ignore the dreadful UK media and take a look at this Fox News video:

https://www.foxnews.com/world/experts-zero-likely-cause-deadly-nepal-mudslide-1300-missing

The dreadful floods occurred following a glacial landslide high up in the Himalayas. As the two experts on the video comment, these sort of landslides occur frequently, but one of this size is unusual.

The glacier was an overhanging one, therefore extremely vulnerable to collapse. It was also covered with a lot of snow in the days before, which would have added weight and stress to the overhang.

As Simon Cook, the geo-scientist, points out, there also appears to be a sharp break in the bedrock, where the glacier broke. This indicates a geological collapse, rather than a glacial one.

It is often forgotten too that glaciers don’t keep growing indefinitely. Usually when they reach a low enough altitude, they simply melt. But in the case of an overhanging one at a high altitude, where it is too cold to melt, they simply break off when the overhang gets too big.

Simon Cook does introduce possible contributing factors, such as melting snow and river beds full of broken ice. But he emphasises that there is no evidence yet of whether these were a factor this week – as any proper scientist should do, he follows the evidence.

We owe it to those who have died, as well as those who may be at risk in future, to carefully collate all the facts and not jump to convenient “blame it on global warming” conclusions.

It really is little wonder that the UK media has never had so pathetically low levels of credibility amongst the public.