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Video of the Week: Preserving Sheepherding and Tradition Among Nepal’s Tamang...
The Tamang community are an indigenous group in Nepal that have depended on cattle rearing for the last three centuries. Located in the northernmost part of central Nepal, herding is a livelihood that...
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Roundup: GLOF Risk Perception in Nepal, UAV’s in the Andes, and Swiss Avalanches
GLOF Risk Perception in Nepal Himalaya “Glacial lake outburst floods (GLOFs) pose a significant, climate change-related risk to the Mt. Everest region of Nepal. Given the existence of this imminent...
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Roundup: Andean Land-Use Change, Glacier Chronology in the US, and Mount...
Bridging Traditional Knowledge and Satellite Images in Bolivia Sajama National Park, Bolivia (Source: Wikimedia Commons) From Regional Environmental Change: “In the Andes, indigenous pastoral...
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Roundup: Uranium Mining in Nepal, Glacier-Fed Clouds, and a Survey of...
Nepal’s Government Considers Uranium Mining Legislation From My República: “A hasty push for endorsement of the ‘nuclear bill’ in the parliament is being made amidst rumors of the discovery of uranium...
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Photographing Transformation and Ethnographic Predicaments in Nepal’s Himalaya
In an exhibition titled “Belonging, Transformation, and Ethnographic Predicaments in Nepal’s Himalaya,” a team of artists shared stories of their Himalayan experience through a collection of...
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Nepal Considers Uranium Mining Proposal in the Himalayas
In March 2019, lawmakers in Nepal proposed 17 amendments to the Safe and Peaceful Use of Nuclear and Radioactive Materials bill. Originally drafted almost a decade ago, this ‘Nuclear Bill’ was...
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China’s Asejiaguo Glacier Is Retreating
Asejiaguo Glacier drains east from the China-Nepal border and is at the headwaters of the Yarlung Tsangpo, which becomes the Brahmaputra River. The Yarlung Tsangpo powers the 510 megawatt Zangmu...
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Dispatches from the Cryosphere: Intimate Encounters with the Intricate and...
Avalanches ripped across the landscape. Colorful prayer flags draped between rocks and blocks of ice stood out in bright contrast as they whipped in the wind. Icicles over five meters long dripped...
View ArticleVideo of the Week: We are Staying in Lo Manthang!
The new music video for the Nepali song Lomanthang Mai Basam, by Ramji Khand and Sangita Thapa Magar (featuring Ramji Khand and Sangita Thapa Maga), was shot on location in Upper Mustang, Nepal, and...
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The Covid-19 Pandemic Complicates Tourism in the Everest Region
The effects of the coronavirus pandemic are limitless, reaching even the most remote corners of the Earth, including the Everest region, where the virus is inflicting cascading impacts upon mountain...
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Video of the Week: Nepali Celebrities Take Part in Coronavirus Song
From “I Will Survive” singer Gloria Gaynor, to police in Mexico and transit workers in Bangkok, music is the latest tool for spreading awareness of the novel coronavirus, COVID-19. As the pandemic...
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Photo Friday: A Digital Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Mount Everest
Spring has again returned to Nepal. Wildflowers are blooming about the mountains and plains. Rhododendrons and primroses paint the scene with colorful hues of purple, pink, red, and yellow, and soon...
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