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Scholars from India, Abroad present research on Himalayan Heritage at International Conference in Shimla

Shimla (Himachal Pradesh) [India], October 6 (ANI): An international conference bringing together scholars and researchers from India and abroad has provided a platform for interdi...

Karan Singh Calls For Setting Up Himalayan Authority To Save Mountain Range

New Delhi : Veteran Congress leader and former Union minister Karan Singh on Wednesday suggested the setting up of a Himalayan authority by Himalayan nations to help save the mount...

Avalanche strikes Nepal's Himlung Himal base camp, 10 missing

Fog of flood: Nepal’s disaster raises a Himalayan question for China

5.3-magnitude quake hits Tibet as region reels from deadly flash floods

A magnitude 5.3 earthquake struck Tibet recently, following another tremor last week. Devastating flash floods hit the Tibet-Nepal border on August 26, causing widespread destruct...

Melting Himalayas

Scientists are still working out the precise cause of the disaster in Nepal, but one thing seems certain: The risk of such events is increasing.

Earthquake of magnitude 7.0 hits Tibet

Nepal glacial disaster and the new geography of climate risk

On August 26, the Himalayas seemed to move. An enormous mass of ice and rock broke loose near the Nepal-Tibet border, plunging into the Lhende Khola River and unleashing a wall of...

India steps up monitoring after Nepal disaster – but what are ‘hanging glaciers’ and should we be worried?

Mountainous northern Indian state of Uttarakhand asks teams to monitor glaciers and glacial lakes after flash floods that struck Nepal

10 Missing After Avalanche Hits Himlung Himal Base Camp

Heavy Snowfall Forces Climbers To Retreat Amid Weather Warning In Nepal

The Himalayas Are Melting Faster Than Ever. Scientists Worry Nepal’s Floods Are Just the Beginning

A private group working with the Indian government is concerned that the Himalayan water cycle supplying south Asia’s rivers will dry up, but not before delivering apocalyptic flas...

As Flood Risk Increases in Himalayas, Nepal Builds More in Vulnerable Areas

The total footprint of buildings along flood-prone riverbanks in the Himalayas grew by half in recent years, a study found.

‘The mountains are changing’: What the floods tell us about the future of India’s Himalayas

As families await news of missing loved ones, the disaster is a stark reminder of how the climate crisis is creating a fast-growing threat. Plus, the town considered India’s ‘Juras...

Ganging Glacier to the East of the Famous Badrinath Temple in Uttarakhand

The study ‘Basin-scale inventory and exposure assessment of hanging glaciers, Central Himalaya’ published in ‘Nature’ in April, focused on just one section of the mountains. It sai...

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A wall of water swept down a Himalayan river valley shared between Nepal and the Chinese territory of Tibet.

Nepal-Tibet flood catastrophe hints at Himalayas' warmer future

Nepal floods: Avalanche raced down Himalayas at 167 kmph, triggering deadly deluge

A sudden ice-rock avalanche plummeted down the Himalayas, wreaking havoc in Nepal with catastrophic floods. This swift phenomenon covered extensive ground in mere moments, and scie...

Himalayan ‘glacier bankruptcy’ threatens water security for 2 billion in Asia

The Himalayas are approaching a tipping point as glaciers melt faster than a decade ago, threatening water security as the region approaches “peak water” by mid-century, according...

Himachal Pradesh: Over 2,000 Sheep and Goats Feared Buried Under Snow

While crossing Rupin Pass, shepherds encountered sudden, heavy snowfall, preventing the livestock from moving forward and resulting in many animals getting buried in snow

The Nepal floods question: When the Himalayas collapse, who gets warned? 

New Delhi, India – On the morning of August 26, the Himalayan landscape above Nepal’s Rasuwa district changed in mi...

Nepal floods show the risk; China's mega-dam raises bigger questions for India

Recent Nepal floods highlight Himalayan vulnerabilities and cascading disaster risks. China's Yarlung Tsangpo dam project faces scrutiny due to its geologically unstable location....

Through the Lens: Deadly flood hits Nepal and Tibet in Himalayan valley

As the Himalayas melt, deadly floods become the new normal

A day before a wall of ice, rock and muddy water tore through Himalayan valleys along the Nepal-China border, Dipesh Chapagain was discussing with a colleague just how devastating...

After Nepal, Nations Must Track Himalayan Climate

That means a constant struggle against Nature. The August calamity was by no means the worst. Nepal’s disaster authority recorded more than 32,000 separate incidents between 2018 a...