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Why Mount Everest is becoming taller? Scientists link it to a Himalayan riverA recent study suggests that Mount Everest's height may be increasing due to the erosion of the Arun River, located near the base of the Hi...
China begins observation experiment on land-atmosphere interactions in Mt Everest regionChina has launched an observational experiment on land-atmosphere interactions in the Mount Everest region of Tibet to study how land surfa...
Around 500 climbers, including four Indians, conquer Mt Everest in the 70th anniversary year of the first successful summitA total of 478 climbers, including 103 females summited Everest in the Spring of 2023. Four Indian nationals stood atop Mt Everest and one ...
Himalayas need help, COP28 talks must respond: UN chief GuterresUN chief Antonio Guterres has warned of a potential catastrophe in the Himalayas due to the melting glaciers. Almost 240 million people dep...
Himalayan glaciers risk losing 75% of their volume by 2100 due to global warmingThe Hindu Kush Himalaya region spans across Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, Nepal, and Pakistan, encompassing iconi...
Climate change is real: Study finds more than half of Earth's glaciers will vanish by 2100Mostly small but well-known glaciers are marching to extinction, the study said.
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Glaciers in Mount Everest shrink 28% in 40 years: ReportPart of the report, which was released yesterday, also said Mt Everest, known as Mount Qomolangma in Tibet, has been getting warmer for the...
Mount Everest getting warmer, glaciers shrinking: researchMount Everest is getting warmer for the past 50 years with the glaciers around the world's highest peak shrinking "remarkably", according t...
The legend behind Europe's extreme museumsAfter twice summiting Everest - with no oxygen - 71-year-old Reinhold Messner's latest legacy: Reclaimed castles and a mountaintop masterpi...
ONGC takes PM Modi’s Swachh Bharat drive to HimalayasOil producers usually prefer to bake Earth for profit. But ONGC is bucking that trend by using some of its profit to nurse the ground and c...
- World glaciers melting at record rates: Study
A worldwide study has revealed that during 2001 to 2010, glaciers lost ice at an alarming two to three times the average for the 20th centu...
Everest glaciers may disappear by 2100: StudyGlaciers in the Everest region of the Himalayas could shrink at least 70 per cent or even disappear entirely by the end of the century if g...
- Everest glaciers may retreat 70% by end of century, warns new study
ver 70 per cent of glacier volume in the Everest region could be lost by 2100 if current trends of greenhouse gases emission continue, a ne...
Earthquake aftershock hits Nepal and India, magnitude 6.7A strong earthquake aftershock struck India and Nepal on Sunday, shaking buildings in New Delhi and triggering an avalanche in the Himalaya...
Glaciers in Tibet retreating at alarming rateChina's glaciers particularly those in Tibet have retreated by about 7,600sqkm - nearly 18 per cent - in the last 65 years and even the thi...
Glaciers in Tibetan Plateau shrinking rapidly: ReportGlaciers in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, home to several Himalayan rivers, have been shrunk by 15 per cent in the past three decades and the ...
- Warming eats up Everest ice by 13% in 50 years
Mount Everest is shedding its frozen cloak as its glaciers have shrunk at an alarming rate of 13% over the last 50 years due to global warm...
Everest losing its snow ice coverResearchers have found that glaciers in the Mount Everest region including the Sagarmatha national park that surrounds the peak, have shrun...
- Everest expedition to create climate change awareness
A UN-backed expedition will scale Mount Everest this spring to create awareness about the impact of climate change on the mountain range.