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Environment Jan 22, 2024

Dozens buried, three killed in southwest China landslide

Dozens of people were buried and three were confirmed killed when a landslide struck a remote and mountainous part of southwestern China on Monday.

Environment Jan 11, 2024

Magnitude 6.4 earthquake shakes parts of Pakistan and Afghanistan but no damage is reported

A magnitude 6.4 earthquake shook parts of Pakistan and neighboring Afghanistan on Thursday, sending panicked residents fleeing from their homes and offices and frightening people in remote villages, Pakistani officials and ...

Plants & Animals Jan 5, 2024

Logging and climate change threaten montane birds

Researchers at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) have studied the effects of forest logging and climate change on bird communities in tropical mountains, by examining over 10 years of data.

Paleontology & Fossils Dec 13, 2023

Earliest evidence for domestic yak found using both archaeology and ancient DNA

The high-altitude hero of the Himalayas, yak are among the few large animals that can survive the extremely cold, harsh and oxygen-poor conditions of the Tibetan Plateau. In the mountainous regions of Asia, yak and yak–cattle ...

Earth Sciences Dec 4, 2023

Wind of (climate) change: Himalayan glaciers react, blow cold winds down their slopes

Himalayan Glaciers fight back to preserve themselves, but for how long? An international team of researchers, co-led by Professor Francesca Pellicciotti of the Institute of Science and Technology Austria (ISTA), explains ...

Earth Sciences Nov 9, 2023

Global warming–induced sea level changes could increase earthquake risk

Earthquakes often occur along plate boundaries, when sudden movements of the "stuck" plates release elastic strain energy, sending out seismic waves that result in the ground shaking familiar to many worldwide. More rarely, ...

Environment Oct 30, 2023

UN chief urges world to 'stop the madness' of climate change

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres urged the world Monday to "stop the madness" of climate change as he visited Himalayan regions struggling from rapidly melting glaciers to witness the devastating impact of the phenomenon.

Earth Sciences Oct 11, 2023

Cleaner air brings wetter weather in High Mountain Asia

High Mountain Asia (HMA), encompassing the Tibetan Plateau and the surrounding Hindu Kush, Karakoram, and Himalayan ranges, harbors the world's third-largest amount of glacial ice. It is the source of more than 10 major Asian ...

Environment Oct 5, 2023

At least 10 dead, 102 missing in India glacial lake burst

Indian rescue teams searched on Thursday for 102 people missing after a devastating flash flood triggered by a high-altitude glacial lake burst killed at least 10, officials said.

Plants & Animals Sep 19, 2023

The secret world of rhododendrons: A plant more ancient than the Himalayas

If you have a rhododendron in your garden or pass one by on an afternoon walk perhaps you think of it as just a colorful and pretty shrub. You may have heard that they come from the Himalayas, and that they are invasive plants ...

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