Himalayan communities are under siege from landslides – and climate change is worsening the crisis: Three-quarters of annual rain in the Himalayas arrives in the monsoon season from June to September. Within this rainy period are sudden and extremely intense cloudbursts, which often “pop” over a relatively small area (akin to a cloud bursting open …
Mountain of destiny: exhibition captures a unique moment in German Himalayan mountaineering: Germany launched its first post-war Himalayan mountaineering expedition to Kanchenjunga – the world’s third-highest mountain – in 1929 under the leadership of the celebrated mountaineer Paul Bauer. Its goals were explicitly nationalistic, motivated by a desire to rebuild a faith in German manhood …
South Africa in the news: India, China break ice over Himalayan snow melting: CANSAULIM (Goa): India and China on Friday discussed the climate change issue of melting of Himalayan ranges on the sidelines of the eighth Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa (BRICS) environment ministers meeting. BRICS nations have decided to …: “South Africa” …