Claims extracted
18
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
33%
6 of 18 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
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no quote in the article backed the model's score
Publisher signals
68/100
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Environment
Same framing elsewhere
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articles that frame the event the way this one does
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A study has found that climate change had contributed to the glacier collapse that unleashed devastating floods on the Nepal-Tibet border.
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that → publish → border
More than 1,400 people were killed and thousands are missing following the deluge on 26 August.
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thousands → kill → August
There was "absolutely no doubt that human-induced climate change played a role here in the preconditioning of the disaster", said Friederike Otto, a climatologist at Imperial College London and one of the study's authors.
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Otto → be → authors
The World Weather Attribution study, published on Thursday, said the disaster was the result of a "compound event" caused by rising temperatures, thinning glaciers, thawing permafrost and pre-existing geological weaknesses.
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disaster → publish → temperatures
Massive floods and landslides swept through border towns and villages in Nepal and Tibet, wiping out thousands of houses, destroying energy infrastructure and leaving thousands dead or missing.
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floods → sweep → thousands
Scientists at the United States Geological Survey (USGS) had said that the floods were caused by the collapse of a glacier slope near the peak of Langtang Lirung, a mountain on Nepal's side of the Himalayas.
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floods → say → Himalayas
The large chunk of glacier hit the bottom of a valley with such force that it registered as a magnitude 5.2 earthquake, according to USGS data.
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it → hit → data
The World Weather Attribution study said climate change was a "destabilising factor acting on a pre-existing geological predisposition", but it was not the only cause of the disaster.
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it → say → disaster
According to the study, July and August temperatures in the area were around 1.5C (34.7F) warmer "due to human influence on the climate".
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temperatures → accord → climate
Meanwhile, glaciers in the region had also been thinning by about half a metre (1.6ft) a year, which could weaken existing fractures and increase instability.
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which → thin → instability
Heavy snowfall last October and November also added to a large amount of meltwater early this year.
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snowfall → add → meltwater
This combination of activities "may have interacted to amplify the compound event," the study said.
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study → interact → event
A magnitude 7.8 earthquake that struck the area in 2015 and triggered a rock-ice avalanche, could have also weakened the underlying rock mass, according to the study.
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that → strike → study
However, authorities said they could not confirm that earthquake's exact impact on the glacier collapse last month.
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they → say → collapse
Another co-author of the report, Utrecht University mountain hydrologist Walter Immerzeel, told reporters that the area was a "geologically vulnerable slope".
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area → tell → reporters
Immerzeel said it was "potentially weakened by the 2015 earthquake" and "destabilised further" by glacier and permafrost retreat.
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it → say → retreat
In the wake of the disaster, Nepali authorities have called for global efforts to tackle climate change, saying the country is one of the lowest contributors to greenhouse emissions yet one of the most vulnerable places to the effects of global warming.
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country → call → warming
In his first foreign trip as Nepali Prime Minister, Balendra Shah is set to appear at United Nations General Assembly in New York next week to talk about the recent disaster and climate justice.
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Shah → set → disaster
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