Did climate change contribute to the glacier collapse?

Justin RowlattClimate editor It is still very early days and scientists are trying to piece together exactly what happened. Satellite imagery and seismic analysis point to a huge avalanche of ice and rock crashing into the valley and triggering the flood. It is too soon to determine what role climate change played, although researchers acknowledge it could have contributed. Rising temperatures are causing mountain glaciers around the world to retreat and permafrost (the frozen ground below) to t