Glacial Flooding

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Ecosystems and livelihoods separated by thousands of miles in the gulf and Himalayas are closely linked by wind patterns that sweep the Asian continent. Ready the full article by our research fellows on The Third Pole.

The Himalayas and the Arabian Gulf

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Letters from Base Camp 2

Everest Base Camp is ever-changing. The weather, the comings and goings, new world records — and the ice beneath. The night is punctuated...

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Letters from Everest Base Camp 1

Film-maker sends a weekly diary as climbers begin to scale the highest mountain in the world

Tackling Climate and Water Challenges in the Himalayas using AI

Suraj Dalal

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Tackling Climate and Water Challenges in the Himalayas using AI

New technologies such as Artificial Intelligence hold promise in addressing climate and water challenges in the Himalayas.

Tracing past glacial floods in Kangchenjunga

Alton Byers

Aug 8, 202012 min read

Tracing past glacial floods in Kangchenjunga

Satellite imagery is useful, but involving local people in research can often help fill gaps in research of glacial floods.

Killian Dumont

Aug 4, 20203 min read

Dr. Alton Byers - Podcast Highlights

From our episode: A Guide to GLOFs and their Implications

Kunda Dixit

Jul 18, 20204 min read

A Himalayan Challenge

The Himalayan mountains will be hotspots in more ways than one.

Human face of a Himalayan climate crisis

Rastraraj Bhandari

Jul 2, 20204 min read

Human face of a Himalayan climate crisis

The climate story of communities living downstream from a dangerous glacial lake