Dr Simon Cook

“So you are going to get more landslides, debris flows, glacial meltwater, lake outbursts, glacier collapses, because climate warming ultimately destabilises these high mountain environments.”

Dr Simon Cook · said date not stated · reported 2026-08-27

Dr Cook said climate warming ultimately destabilises high mountain environments, leading to more landslides, debris flows, and glacier collapses.

“The logic is that with a warming planet, you will see shrinking glaciers, lots of snow melt. The permafrost that is partially holding some mountainsides together is warming and thawing and degrading.”

Dr Simon Cook · said date not stated · reported 2026-08-27

Dr Cook explained the logic that a warming planet leads to shrinking glaciers, snow melt, and thawing permafrost.

“when you look at the pattern of these events, you do think climate change could have an impact,”

Dr Simon Cook · said date not stated · reported 2026-08-27

Dr Cook said that while it is difficult to attribute any single event to climate change, the pattern of events suggests it could have an impact.