Warming is making Himalayan rivers more unstable, with potentially serious consequences downstream. The Himalayas do more than tower over Asia. They help store and release the water that feeds some of the continent’s most important rivers, supporting nearly 2 billion people from mountain valleys to densely populated plains. Now, a new study suggests that this [...]
The water supply plant in the village of Keshopur, part of the larger community of Simri, Bihar, India, started operating in February 2025. It supplies filtered water from The Ganges to villages in the area. Credit: Arun Kumar
Nepalese mountaineer Kami Rita Sherpa has set a new world record by successfully summiting Mount Everest for the 32nd time, further extending his own record as the most ascents of the world’s highest peak. Read More: Nepalese Sherpa completes record 23rd Everest climb The 56-year-old climber reached the 8,849-metre summit early on May 17 alongside a team of fellow Sherpa […]
Vegetation grows near Dingboche, Nepal, 4,400 meters above sea level. Credit: Karen Anderson
Sagarmatha national park in Nepal. Credit: Rohit Tandon, Unsplash
Imagine it’s a regular Tuesday morning and you’re in Antarctica. Your eyes meet the sky, and the blue is so vivid it feels electric. The air is so clean you can just about taste it. Now, picture a dust storm over the Himalayas; you squint, trying to catch a hint of that crisp blue, but all you see is a fuzzy white. Why are the skies in some parts of the world bluer than those in other…
A typical landslide threatening a rural road in Nepal.
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The Abominable Snowman (US title: The Abominable Snowman of the Himalayas; also known as The Snow Creature) is a 1957 British fantasy-horror film directed by Val Guest and starring Forrest Tucker, Peter…
The number of fatal landslides each year since 1968 in Nepal. The grey line is a four year retrospective running mean. Author's own dataset.
In 2025, the “Leica 100” celebrations crossed the globe, recognizing the first one hundred years since Leica production cameras were introduced to the market. With the focus on this centennial year, another major Leica milestone quietly slipped by, the 10th anniversary of the release of the modern, mirrorless, digital Leica SL system. Introduced on October […]
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