JULY 08, 2022 | Arathi Menon | ENVIRONMENT Her reasoning: “When we speak from the top of the world, our voices can be heard louder,” said Tamang, 31, who has summited Everest three times. In 2017, she climbed to give…
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Increasing numbers of livestock killed in recent years have highlighted the presence of Himalayan wolves – a little known predator – in Nepal’s Everest region By Ramesh Bhushal On a fine morning in April 2022, Mount Everest can be seen…
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The Growing Burden of Climate Change on Himalayan Laborers By Saugat Bolakhe “Haaa…. Haaa… Haaaa… Gorey!… Ganga!…. Bhalu!!” Limping on his right leg, with a long and sturdy stick in his right hand, a hollow backpack, a blue mask on…
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RAIHANA MAQBOOLThus exclaim the people living at the foothills of the great Himalayan mountains of Nepal, making their living through tourism – often the sole option – while suffering through more and more pollution, warming and environmental degradation. “The mountain…
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Marissa Taylor, July 1, 2022, Khumbu For decades, studies have shown that a warming climate is pushing the treeline to shift upwards across the world — including in the Everest region. But what exactly does this phenomenon mean? It is…
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Kunde Hospital sits 4,000m above sea level in the Nepalese Himalayas. Set up by Sir Edmund Hillary 50 years ago, today it is saving – and changing – lives. by Chhatra Karki Kunde hospital in Khunde village, Solukhumbu. Credit: Chhatra…
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by Arathi Menon on 16 June 2022 Permafrost thaw, one of the changes to the mountain cryosphere in the Himalayas, triggered by global warming is causing irreparable loss and damage to the valley. Considered the largest terrestrial carbon sink on…
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The risk is most acute for residents of the Khumbu region, which hosts a majority of the country’s glaciers and has settlement areas close to retreating glaciers. Among a total of 1,541 glacial lakes in the country, 234 lie in…
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Nepal’s management of the fallout from tourism and waste management in the Himalayas presents a teachable moment Sohara Mehroze Shachi With Covid-19 related travel restrictions being lifted, cross border tourism is seeing a spurt worldwide. Adventure seekers are flocking to…
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–Balika Maden Human activities have been considered as a major cause of climate change and climate induced disasters. Studies have shown that the increasing impacts of climate change on the entire planet have been exacerbated by indiscriminate human activities. In…
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