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Kanchenjunga as seen from the Tshoka basecamp near seismic station SK23
Posted inScience Updates

Discerning Structure and Seismic Hazards in the Sikkim Himalayas

by M. Uthaman, A. Singh, C. Singh, A. Dubey and G. Kumar 17 March 202116 June 2022

A dense seismic network in operation since 2019 will provide new insights into the tectonics of seismically active Himalayan regions.

Tiendas de campaña debajo de la cima con nieve del Everest.
Posted inNews

El Monte Everest a veces puede sentirse más bajo que el K2

by Katherine Kornei 16 March 202119 August 2022

Las variaciones de la presión atmosférica en la cima del Everest afectan a la disponibilidad de oxígeno, modificando la percepción de la elevación de la cumbre unos cientos de metros.

Buildings cling to a soil cliff cut away by a flood.
Posted inNews

Development and Climate Change Contribute to a Himalayan Tragedy

by T. V. Padma 3 March 202112 April 2022

Infrastructure projects like roads and dams destabilize slopes and compound the effects of glacial floods and avalanches, scientists say.

Tents below the snow-capped summit of Mount Everest
Posted inNews

Mount Everest Can Sometimes Feel Lower Than K2

by Katherine Kornei 22 December 202019 August 2022

Variations in air pressure on the top of Mount Everest affect oxygen availability, changing the perceived elevation of the summit by hundreds of meters.

Two people on top of a boulder
Posted inNews

Powerful Glacial Floods Heave Himalayan Boulders

by Katherine Kornei 6 November 20206 January 2022

Many of the house-sized boulders that litter Himalayan river channels were transported thousands of years ago by glacial lake outburst floods, new observations suggest.

Four proposed models of the structure within the Himalaya with different associated thermal fields
Posted inEditors' Highlights

Deconvolving What Lies Beneath the Himalaya

by T. Schildgen 14 September 202023 September 2022

A new study that combines constraints from the 2015 Gorkha earthquake, forward models of deforming crust, and thermochronology data gives new insights into the structure of the Himalaya.

Massive fire spreads over the forested hills of Uttarakhand, India
Posted inNews

COVID-19 Lockdown Reduces Forest Fires in the Western Himalayas

by L. Supriya 28 July 202019 October 2021

The overlap between peak fire season and pandemic response has made for a serendipitous experiment in forest fires in two Indian states. Humans, not lightning, seem to be the likeliest culprit.

A glacier in the Zanskar region of northern India is flanked by dark lateral moraines as it flows between Himalayan peaks.
Posted inNews

A Future of Retreating Glaciers in the Himalayas

by T. V. Padma 27 July 202030 November 2022

India’s first regional climate change assessment warns of accelerated glacier melt.

Tourists stand on a platform to view the rapids at Tiger Leaping Gorge along the Jinsha River in China
Posted inScience Updates

Asia’s Mega Rivers: Common Source, Diverse Fates

by S. A. Kuehl, S. Yang, F. Yu, Y. Copard, J. Liu, C. A. Nittrouer and J. Xu 14 May 20202 November 2021

How do humans affect the ways that Asia’s mega rivers deliver sediment and dissolved matter to farms, river deltas, and, eventually, the sea? A proposed study would construct an integrated picture.

Large earthen rupture foregrounds a brightly colored school building damaged by an earthquake.
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Geodetic Data Pinpoint Earthquake-Prone Regions of the Himalayas

by Katherine Kornei 19 March 20207 October 2022

GPS measurements of the Indian and Eurasian plates reveal four locked segments most likely to produce large earthquakes.

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