How were the Himalayan mountains shaped? Surprisingly, long before the collision between what is now India and Central Asia.
Which mountain is called the Third Pole? Learn why the Himalayan region is known as the Third Pole of the Earth, its massive ...
A study by IIT Roorkee warns that 31,698 glacial lakes are growing across High Mountain Asia. Over 90 lakh people are at risk from sudden floods as glaciers melt.
Scientists say this mega-disaster could strike with little or no warning at all. It has the power to devastate millions in ...
Sonam Sherpa doing research on the Yala glacier in the Central Himalaya region of High Mountain Asia. The Yala glacier has shrunk in area by nearly 70% since the 1970s due to climate change. Glaciers ...
Spring came early this year in the high mountains of Gilgit-Baltistan, a remote border region of Pakistan. Record temperatures in March and April hastened melting of the Shisper Glacier, creating a ...
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Central Asia's rugged terrain was shaped by the ancient Tethys Ocean, not climate change or mantle flows, according to new ...
How and when do mountains grow? It is tempting to think of mountain formation as something that takes place only extremely gradually, on timescales of tens of millions of years. One tectonic plate ...
Noel Hanna, an experienced alpinist, was found dead at a camp after he climbed the summit of Annapurna without supplemental oxygen. By Bhadra Sharma Reporting from Kathmandu, Nepal An experienced ...
A vast expanse of mountains in Asia will be among the worst hit by global climate change resulting in increased environmental hazards and insecurity to millions of people. According to the recently ...
Majestic Peak of Asia: Mount Everest is known as the Majestic Peak of Asia because it is the highest mountain on the Asian continent and the tallest peak in the world. Rising far above all surrounding ...