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A man lectures to a room of attentive blue-shirted students in Nepal
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Trayendo la Educación Sobre Terremotos a las Escuelas de Nepal

Rachel Fritts, Science Writer by Rachel Fritts 14 September 20205 April 2023

El programa de Sismología en la Escuela en Nepal, tiene como objetivo preparar a las comunidades rurales para el próximo gran terremoto.

A man lectures to a room of attentive blue-shirted students in Nepal
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Bringing Earthquake Education to Schools in Nepal

Rachel Fritts, Science Writer by Rachel Fritts 27 April 20205 April 2023

The Seismology at School in Nepal program aims to prepare rural communities for the next big earthquake.

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What Drives Surface Winds in a Deep Valley?

by Minghua Zhang 7 March 201911 August 2022

Surface winds in a Himalayan valley are found to vary daily and seasonally due to factors including pressure gradient, advection, turbulent vertical mixing, and the presence of glaciers.

Jure landslide Nepal 2014
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Varying Impact of Earthquake- and Monsoon-Induced Landslides

Katherine Kornei, Science Writer by Katherine Kornei 25 February 20198 December 2022

Using nearly 50 years of satellite data and records stretching back millennia, scientists determine the relative frequency—and the erosional power—of monsoon- and earthquake-induced landslides in Nepal.

Aftermath of a landslide near Tatopani, Nepal, triggered by a July 2016 glacial lake outburst flood.
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Glacial Lake Outburst Flood Captured in Seismic Recordings

Katherine Kornei, Science Writer by Katherine Kornei 10 October 20189 February 2023

A flood that thundered through eastern Nepal in July 2016 left a telltale seismic signature and caused more erosion than local monsoon rains, new research shows.

A new method combines elevation change with other data to estimate debris thickness on glaciers
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A Novel Way to Map Debris Thickness on Himalayan Glaciers

by Terri Cook 29 May 20187 February 2023

By combining changes in elevation with other data, scientists have developed a method for estimating the thickness of debris covering glaciers on whose water more than 800 million people depend.

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Hot Water, Cold Ice

by B. Hubbard 14 September 201711 April 2023

Despite careful planning, there can be many uncertainties and unknowns about doing field research in remote locations.

A glacial outburst flood from Lhotse Glacier on 12 June 2016 threatens a stone wall adjacent to a village in Nepal.
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Glacial Outburst Flood near Mount Everest Caught on Video

Katherine Kornei, Science Writer by Katherine Kornei 14 March 20179 March 2023

More than 2 million cubic meters of water, hidden deep within Lhotse Glacier, spilled down toward the village of Chukhung, Nepal, in 2016.

Lake Palcacocha, which flooded the city of Huaraz, Peru, in 1941.
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Focusing the Human Lens on Glacial Outburst Floods

JoAnna Wendel, freelance science writer and illustrator by JoAnna Wendel 17 June 201617 March 2023

To better prepare mountain communities for possible floods, experts say that it is important to understand the communities themselves.

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Weak Shaking Lessened Nepal Earthquake Impact

by Randy Showstack 7 July 201510 May 2022

Modest ground motion for such a big quake and some prior training in earthquake preparedness averted worse death and destruction, earthquake scientists say.

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