Listen to Story Rising global temperatures have pushed lake formation Over 76% of Himalayan glacial lakes are end-moraine-dammed 70% of GLOF events in the region since 1833 have occurred in the past ...

Their first tracker is now in orbit. They plan to use a series of these to generate live maps of satellites big and small, fragments from old vessels, and debris as small as 5 cm.

An increase in avalanches in the Indian Western Himalayas in recent years has been ... while Shimla and Pauri Garhwal are the least vulnerable," they wrote. They added, "The most vulnerable ...

Today, climate change and the resulting shifts in weather patterns are causing glaciers across the world, including those in the Himalayas, to shrink gradually ... Although automatic methods and ...

The Dalai Lama's successor will be born outside China, the spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhism has said in a new book. It marks the first time the Dalai Lama has specified his successor would be ...

从南中国海和台湾海峡到喜马拉雅山脉，中国正在战争与和平之间的灰色地带展开行动。多年的船舶航行数据、卫星图像、飞行跟踪信息表明中国正把影响力伸展到亚洲各地。 从南中国海（中国称：南海）和台湾海峡的滔滔波浪到喜马拉雅的冰封山脊，中国正 ...

From the choppy waters of the South China Sea and Taiwan Strait to the frozen ridges of the Himalayas, China is pursuing a relentless campaign of expansion, operating in the hazy zone between ...

Great chunks of forest were destroyed to meet the demand for railway sleepers. The sal forests of Garhwal and Kumaun, for example, were felled in even to desolation.” After India’s ...

The ropeway will also help tourists visiting the Valley of Flowers, a UNESCO World Heritage Site located in the pristine Garhwal Himalayas. “The ropeway is planned to be developed in public ...

The highest mountain in the world, Mt. Everest, stands 29,029 feet. Located in the Himalayas on the Nepal-Tibet border, the iconic peak’s names – ‘Sagarmatha’ in Nepali and ‘Chomolungma ...